A 62-hour widefield image of Orion

Image Description and Details : This is easily one of my most ambitious astrophotography projects to date. Given that I’m fairly limited by my dslr in terms of imaging very dim objects, I decided to dump as much time on Orion as possible to see how much dust and gas in the region I could reveal. I was struck by how much wispy H-alpha gas didn’t line up exactly with the dust in the region – it was very cool to see the differences in ionized and non-ionized gas.

Equipment:
Nikon D800
200mm F4 lens
GEM 28
NINA
Nikonhacker

Acquisition
ISO 800, F4
Taken from a bortle 1 zone in Northwest CT
1240 x 180s (62 hours) – Taken on 12/18/2022, 12/20/2022, 12/21/2022, 12/22/2022, 12/23/2022, 12/24/2022, 12/27/2022, 1/18/2023, 1/21/2023, 1/22/2023, 1/23/2023. 1/24/2023

Copyright: William Ostling