The nebulas of Orion in the Belt and Sword of Orion area. Including M42, Orion Nebula 9below centre), Barnard's Loop (at left), M78 (small reflection nebula above centre), Horsehead Nebula (centre) and NGC 2024 (above Horsehead). There is faint reflection nebulosity at right -- the frame does not extend right far enough to show the Witchhead Nebula near Rigel. This is a stack of 10 x 7 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the Canon 135mm L series lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 640. One exposure had soft stars from high altitude haze which added the glows around stars naturally. Shot from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 14/15, 2012. This is a better version than #1 shot the night before under some haze and cloud.
NGC 55, the large edge on galaxy on Sculptor-Phoenix border, in a shot with a 135mm telephoto lens to simulate the field with binoculars. This is a stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at ISO 800 and f/2.8 with Canon 5D MkII. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 16, 2012.
NGC 55 is a large edge-on barred spiral galaxy in Sculptor and visible in binoculars. This is a stack of 5 x 12 minute exposures at f/5.8 with the Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor telescope and Canon 5D Mark II camera at ISO 800. Autoguided on the AP 400 mount, and taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012.
