{"id":1459,"date":"2020-02-08T17:05:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:29:00","slug":"orion-nebula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/orion-nebula\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the absolute highlights of the winter season, the Great Orion Nebula, M42, located in the constellation Orion. You can see it by naked eye in sword of Orion from a reasonably dark location. Because of its brightness and size, it is a very popular target for entry-level astrophotography. However, it is also extensively studied by professional astronomers, being the closest star-forming region only 1300 light years away from us.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-570x451.jpg 570w, https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-620x490.jpg 620w, https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-400x316.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The false-color image above is composed of Ha, OIII, and SII narrowband images with more than 7 hours total exposure time. To capture the large dynamics range of the object, individual exposures of 30 sec, 120sec, and 300sec are combined using a high-dynamic-range technique. For added effect, the stars were removed using the Starnet++ artificial neural network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animation below shows the individual narrowband channels as monochrome images and then three false-color composites that use different mappings of the three narrowband channels to RGB colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-1386\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-nivo metaslider-1386 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Orion Nebula\" data-height=\"901\" data-width=\"1140\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1386\">\n        <div class='slider-wrapper theme-default'><div class='ribbon'><\/div><div id='metaslider_1386' class='nivoSlider'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_H_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"Ha Narrowband\" title=\"OrionNebula_H_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1467 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_O_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"OIII Narrowband\" title=\"OrionNebula_O_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1468 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_S_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"SII Narrowband\" title=\"OrionNebula_S_HDR_AHIST_SL_LHE_DCON_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1469 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM5_LHE_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"Composite Image \" title=\"OrionNebula_HOS_PM5_LHE_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1470 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM2_LHE_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"Composite Image \" title=\"OrionNebula_HOS_PM2_LHE_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1471 msDefaultImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP-1140x901.jpg\" height=\"901\" width=\"1140\" data-caption=\"Composite Image \" title=\"OrionNebula_HOS_PM3_LHE_HIST_CROP\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1386 slide-1472 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Telescope<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CFF Triplet APO 160mm, Riccardi Reducer, f=810mm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Camera<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">ASI1600MM Pro, 8-Slot Filter Wheel with Baader Filters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exposures<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">HOS, 18,18,18 x 300sec + 120sec + 30sec, 7.3 hours total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data taken<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">3 &#8211; 5 January 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Site<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">TURMX @ E-EyE Observatory, Extremadura<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Processing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Robert Roth, 5 January 2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the absolute highlights of the winter season, the Great Orion Nebula, M42, located in the constellation Orion. You can see it by naked eye in sword of Orion from a reasonably dark location. Because of its brightness and size, it is a very popular target for entry-level astrophotography. 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