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Barnards Loop

Barnards Loop
A shot 3 years in the taking, One I wanted to take on the Star Adventurer but never could Barnard's Loop. Polar alignment and Guiding where the two biggest problems.

A new year and a Whole lot of learning

This is a Wide field of the Orion area with a Nikon 50mm G F1.8 lens but will try again once I can get my parents Nikon 50mm D F1.8 lens with a manual aperture ring. This was taken over 5 night and dumped a lot of shot as the lens is so wide field the city light made it into the shot, in the end it was start after 9 pm finish 2am. Orion was corrected with 5min and 2 min shots.

For those in the Northern hemisphere will note that Orion is wrong this is Southern Rotation where it is called the pot as the stars look more like a Pot that Orion's belt and Sword. The PIP's will show you some of the main targets from this area.

The Witch Head Nebula IC 2118

Cosmic Bat NGC 1788

Orion nebula NGC 1976

Running Man Nebula NGC 1977

Horse Head  B33 & Flame NGC2024  Nebula


Casper The Friendly Ghost M78


ZWOASI071MC -10 38 shots each of the 5 nights 10min

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Nikon 50 mm f1.8 G Lens

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, Ps, Lr.

Frans Schols, Amelia, Peter_Private_Box, trester88 and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


Latest comments - All (21)
 Amelia
Amelia club has replied
:-)))
2 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Breathtaking and magical photography Steve. These photos make us realise how insignificant our little planet is in the great scheme of things. All the PiPs are wonderful too, and I particularly love the fourth one. My mind is unable to comprehend the vastness of these photos, but I totally understand the beauty even though it is mystical.
2 years ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
Many thanks I truly hope you have just as peaceful time as we had.
2 years ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
Thank you Peter from my backyard that is for sure Summer in Wa is usually clear cloudless skies and very hot. I hope you also have a great Christmas and enjoy some time with family.
2 years ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
Thank you amelia you are seeing part of my bucket list " to be able to take photos of space" . you are right a lot of space out there and so many things out there. I am currently taking photos of the Christmas tree in space. It is only just coming up so I miss it for Xmas this year.

No. 4 is the Running man nebula you can see him with outstretched arms running.Glad you enjoy these shots as much as I do taking them.
2 years ago.

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