Photo of Orion Nebula Taken 2 Weeks Ago

[Drakkith]

Hey all! Just sharing my photo of the Orion Nebula I managed to take about 2 weeks ago. Managed to get this sucker RIGHT before sunrise. Not the greatest picture ever, but I am proud of it.
[PLAIN]http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3486/m422.jpg

 

[Ryan_m_b]

NICE! I live in London and on a good clear night I get to see perhaps five stars. I'd love to be able to see the sky like this.

 

[Evo]

Great job Drakkith!

I remember the first time I actually was able to see the milky way when I was in upsate New York.

And this was funny

When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.

http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/light-pollution.html

 

[turbo]

Pretty nice, Drakkith. Astrophotography can be a very demanding hobby, even in these days of digital sensors.

 

[Drakkith]

Pretty nice, Drakkith. Astrophotography can be a very demanding hobby, even in these days of digital sensors.

Tell me about it! I just spend $1500 on a new mount because my telescope was sold to me with a mount that could barely support it. Add in a camera and other equipment and I can't even balance the scope now!

 

[Andy Resnick]

Hey all! Just sharing my photo of the Orion Nebula I managed to take about 2 weeks ago. Managed to get this sucker RIGHT before sunrise. Not the greatest picture ever, but I am proud of it.

Excellent shot! I get to try around October. Are you using any filters?

 

[Drakkith]

Excellent shot! I get to try around October. Are you using any filters?

Just RGB filters.

 

[micromass]

Beautiful shot, drakkith! I love it!

 

[Topher925]

Nice! What gear are you using for your AP setup?

 

[turbo]

Orion Nebula is a toughie because there are so many features that you might want to capture. Drakkith's image features the Trapezium, which is always really burned out if you want to capture the fainter detail in the outer regions.

I shot this one back in the bad old film days. 6" f:8 Apo refractor, with Konika ISO 3200 film at prime focus with a 20 minute exposure. Notice the really nasty film grain and the lack of detail in the brighter part of the nebula. None of the stars in the star-forming region that Drakkith imaged even show up on my picture.

 

[Drakkith]

Nice! What gear are you using for your AP setup?

Meade LXD75 10" SN, SBIG ST-2000 XM camera. No autoguiding. Normal RGB filters.

 

[Constantinos]

Great picture!

And this was funny

http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/light-pollution.html

Oh, imagine their awe!

My first experience seeing the milky way was when visiting my ancestral village at late summer, 15yo. It was marvelous! I remember feeling so small looking towards something so vast and my mind tried to visualize traveling from one star to another.