The photo of Orion was taken with slide film from a Dark Sky location near Dexter, Oregon. Canon F1 camera, 50mm f/1.4 lens with Elite Chrome 200 film for 8 minutes and pushed processed. The Camera was piggybacked on a Losmandy G 11 Mount and manually guided through a telescope.
Orion is a constellation near the celestial equator and dominated by bright stars, it is certainly one of the most prominent and recognized constellations. Orion depicts a Hunter from Greek Mythology with the two most noteworthy stars being Rigel (blue-white) & Betelgeuse (Red Giant).
Observations of Orion back
to 32,000 years and probably further. In
Ancient Egypt, Orion was a God and certainly is prevalent in many cultures of
the past. Some theories suggest the pyramids
were fashioned after the belt stars of Orion, likewise the Nile Rivers depicts
the Milky Way.
Jupiter taken 03/12/2005 with Celestron C11, Losmandy G11 & Phillips ToUcam
This image of Jupiter is the result of stacking images from an avi file. The video was captured with a Phillips ToUcam through a Celestron 11″ SCT. The focal length was increased with a TeleVue 2.5x Barlow to yield a focal length of F/25 6985mm. A Losmandy G11 Equatorial mount was used to support the Telescope and equipment.
June Mountain 122° 43.528′ W, 43° 48.407′
N 22 miles S of Dexter, Oregon
Conditions
3232′ clear calm skies
magnitude 6
The Bubble Nebula NGC 7635 is also known as Caldwell 11. This is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The Bubble nebula was created from a massive young central star, because it is very hot, it has created a stellar wind. As a result, this stellar wind has formed a “Bubble. Surrounding the nebula is a massive molecular cloud with dark clumps that consequently form new stars as the material condenses. The Bubble nebula NGC 7635, has a diameter of 7-9 light years and lies approximately 8,000 light years from earth.
M52 is located just above and to the left. Open Star Cluster M52 (NGC
7654) is located in the Northern portion of the constellation
Cassiopeia. It is 19 light years in diameter, at a distance of 5,000
light years from earth
NGC 7538 is another nebula to the right of the Bubble nebula. NGC 7538 is 9,100 light years away and reside in the Constellation Cepheus. The largest protostar discovered so far is forming here. This protostar is 300 times the size of our solar system. This nebula is also a very active star forming region.
A narrow band Ha filter was used to help capture the nebulosity made up of primarily Hydrogen. LRGB filters were also used in a SBIG ST10XME CCD through a TMB 80mm f/6 refractor & TeleVue 0.08 field flattner/reducer.
NGC 7635 Taken with TEC 140 f/7
7/31/2011 12:10-5:00 AM PST Latitude: 44° 2’ 07.73” North Longitude: 120° 50’ 43.21” West; 3855 ft. Juniper Acres, 30 miles East of Bend, OR Seeing: E Transparency: 6 SQM: 21.65 Telescopes / Optics: TEC 140mm f/7 Mount: AP1200 Camera: SBIG ST10xme CCD & CFW10 FOV: 48’ x 32’ FWHM: 2.7 Filter: Astrodon LRGB series E Gen. 2 (Ha 9nm used for Luminance) Information: NGC 7625 (Bubble Nebula) Captured with CCDSoft; RGB=5 x 5 minute; L (Ha 9nm)= 8x 15 minute -20°c. Total L(Ha)RGB= 195 minutes (3+ hours) Processed with CCDStack2, Photoshop CS6
NGC 7635 Taken with TEC 140 f/7 Crop
7/31/2011 12:10-5:00 AM PST
This is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is rich in H2 and birthing place of stars. The massive molecular cloud is created by a stellar wind storm from a young central star that is massive and hot. The bubble itself is itself excited by a hot central star. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
Great Orion Nebula M42 & NGC 1973, NGC 1975 & NGC 1977
Great Orion Nebula 1344 Light Years
M 42 Great Orion Nebula, Pictured above. Next to it is M43 (NGC 1982) along with the blue nebula called “The Running man” NGC 1977. The start cluster NGC 1981 is superimposed over the blue nebula. The pinkish nebula composes of M42 & M43 at magnitude 4, and is visible a a one degree fuzzy patch to the naked eye. These nebulae reside in the sword of Orion below the left bright belt star Alnitak. This region of nebulae is approximately 1344 light years from earth and 12 light years in diameter. 60 x 60 arc-minutes .
Zoom in View of Trapezium, 4 central stars formed in the nebula, they are 15-30 solar mass each.
Telescope /
Lens
TEC 140 f/7 5.5″ Refractor 980mm focal length
Mount
AstroPhysics 1200
Camera
Canon EOS 20d DSLR
Filters
None
Film
DLSR
Exposure
88 minutes; 5min exposures @ ISO 400, 800, 1600 & 1 minute @ ISO 100
Processing
Deep SkyStacker, CCDStack, Photoshop CS2 & Picture Wind Pro
Date
Images taken 09/12/2007
Location
June Mountain 122° 43.528′ W, 43° 48.407′
N 22 miles S of Dexter, Oregon
Conditions
3232′ clear calm skies
magnitude 6
The Orion nebula M42 is even visible in light polluted skies with the naked eye. Dark sky locations show a glowing gaseous area the middle star of the “sword” of Orion. These stars are located south of Orion’s belt. Wide Field eyepieces in a 10-14″ scope really brings out the detail.
