By Deb Wiley | 2025-09-17
Glowing Dusty Orion Rises
On 09/11/2025 by Ogetay Kayali | Website | Starfront Observatories, TX, USA
As the Northerners enter a new winter, Orion rises in the morning sky. Maybe one of the most pictured objects, it still has a lot to tell. The surrounding dust turns this field into a puzzle, where each piece has its unique shape. Sometimes it is a blue reflection nebula, sometimes it is a tiny dust patch, sometimes it is part of a long filament, sometimes it is an emission nebula... Keen eyes can spend hours and find everything in this frame. After adding hydrogen alpha emission, the dust reveals even more: Its faint glow that surrounds this entire brightness.
Telescope: William Optics Redcat 51 III WFID (50mm, F/4.9)
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM
Mount: ZWO AM5
Filters: ZWO LRGB, Antlia 3nm NB
Taken at: Starfront Observatories, TX, USA
Exposure time: 21h30' in total
PixInsight, Photoshop