Orion is back in the sky! Sure, you have to get up at 3 in the...

Orion is back in the sky! Sure, you have to get up at 3 in the freakin’ morning to see it with your own eyes. Or you can program your astro imaging system to stay up all night and take pictures without you. Here’s M42, Orion Nebula, along with M43, De Mairan’s Nebula–that’s the spherical-looking cloud formation with the big bite taken out of it. And above that, shining brightly, Sh2-279 Running Man Nebula–although the famous running man shape isn’t clear in hydrogen alpha. It really comes out with oxygen III and sulfur II. I’ll come back another night to capture the OIII and SII frames. Notes: 31 x 240 second exposures in Ha + 20x 10 second subs just for the Trapezium (the super bright core of the Orion Nebula–so bright I have to take separate short exposure shots and merge it back in processing). https://SaltwaterWitch.com