The Great Nebula in Orion taken from the Arizona desert
January 27, 2016
this image was taken from the picket post trailhead outside of Phoenix, AZ. this image was taken using an 80mm refractor and a canon t3i mounted on a mount that compensates for the rotation of the earth. This image is a stack of 12 - 10 minute exposure images for a total time of 2 hours
Wow! The Orion Nebula are so pretty! amazing stuff out there :) are the colors real?
Thank you! Those are are the true colors, however this image has been somewhat saturated to give a more vibrant look
Did you use Deep Sky Stacker to post process or a different program? I live in Globe, AZ and do a little astrophotography myself, but this is stunningly good. Congrats on photo of the day!
Thanks john, I used pixinsight for all my stacking an processing. You should definitly come to one of our meet ups Check out Arizona Amateur Astronomy Club on Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Arizona-Amateur-Astronomy-Club/
I may just do that, thanks!
What mount did you use? Price? Where can i get one?
I used the orion atlas, its $1400 new and you can get it on telescopes.com
Oh, that's not a great price.
Wonderful work
Absolutely awesome!