Orion's Belt and Sword by brevis

Photography • Space • posted on Jan 10, 2005

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Description

This is another 20 minute shot through a 205mm lens at f/3.8 with the new Kodak HD 400 film. It's got a poor response in the red, but appears to be very strong in the blue. Other than the obvious nebula (M42) in the middle of the shot, there are an additional two nebula worth pointing out. Directly above M42 is NGC1977, known as "The Running Man Nebula". And just above and to the left of the left-most(eastern-most) star in the belt (known as Alnitak) is NGC2024, also known as the Flame Nebula.

Comments (13)

dalia

9:32PM | Mon, 10 January 2005

Excellent capture,,,want to see more...this month is a great time to capture the night sky or just before dawn. You have done a perfect job of it.Thanks so much for sharing...

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kenmo

9:35PM | Mon, 10 January 2005

Quite impressive capture.....!!!!!

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coolj001

9:49PM | Mon, 10 January 2005

Very cool photo.

amorales

10:36PM | Mon, 10 January 2005

Thanks for posting all these astronomy shots. I know is a labor of love. I'm looking forward to more.

SeigMancer

11:43PM | Mon, 10 January 2005

Great shot of the stars.

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killerpumpkins

9:50AM | Tue, 11 January 2005

Another beauty and informative too! Impressive work. Keep it coming! KP

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Beemer

3:26PM | Tue, 11 January 2005

Great Picture and Description! Keep Them Coming!

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Andromeda31

4:32PM | Tue, 11 January 2005

Excellent capture...glad to see other people's astro shots!!!

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weesel

5:31PM | Tue, 11 January 2005

Oooo! Don't see many shots like this here. You did very good indeedy. ;-)

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jcv2

6:44AM | Thu, 13 January 2005

Wow, these deep-sky objects are so cool! Excellent work!

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PaisleyRose

8:45AM | Sat, 02 July 2005

Awesome!! I do appreciate the explanation of the film used, etc. Excellent work, indeedy. ;)

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Georges_H_Hoens

12:57PM | Sun, 18 September 2005

The exact configuration as the Gizeh Pyramids, fascinating to see it, with canis minor and canis major it form a great mythological pattern and an interesting scientific matter as well as it lies on the same arm of the galaxy as our solar system.

Deagol

10:24PM | Sun, 12 February 2006

I was wondering if that was the flame nebula. I want to see a trace of the horsehead down there. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part :)