The Belt of Orion, enmeshed in nebulosity, emission and reflection, including the famous Horsehead Nebula at left below Zeta Orionis, aka Alnitak, and with NGC 2024 the Flame Nebula above Zeta. Numerous bits of dark and reflection nebulosity fill the area as well as a large cluster of blue stars, Collinder 70.
The complex area of clusters and nebulosity in central Auriga, including: M38 the Starfish Cluster and its smaller companion cluster NGC 1907; the emission/reflection nebulas NGC 1931, IC 417, IC 410 and IC 405 (from right to left here). Magenta and cyan (from emission and reflection components) IC 405 at right is the Flaming Star Nebula. Between IC 405 and IC 410 is the asterism known as The Little Fish. This is a stack of 8 x 7 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the modified Canon 6D on the TMB 92mm apo refractor at f/4.8 with the Borg 0.85x compressor flattener. The night was a little hazy. The field is turned slightly from being oriented with North up as is usual for me, to frame the area better. North is toward about 10 o'clock on this frame.
The Rosette and Cone Nebula area of Monoceros with the 135mm telephoto to simulate a binocular field of view. This is a stack of 10 x 6 minute exposures at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia, December 16, 2012. Yellow cluster right of Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebulas area at top centre is Trumpler 5. Blue reflection nebula is IC 447. Main dark nebula at top is B37.
