In a Hunters Realm - An Orion Mosaik

by Ben Schubert-Ludwig

Objects in field: Flame Nebula, Great Orion Nebula, Mairan's Nebula, Orion Nebula, the Witch Head Nebula, M 42, M 43, NGC 1909, NGC 1976, NGC 1982, NGC 2024, NGC 2112, IC 434, 19 Ori), 24 Ori), 28 Ori), 34 Ori), 44 Ori), 46 Ori), 50 Ori), 53 Ori), 58 Ori), 67 Eri), Al Mankib, Algebar (β Ori, Betelgeux (α Ori, Dhalim (β Eri, Orion B, Part of the constellation Eridanus (Eri), Part of the constellation Orion (Ori), The star Alnilam (ε Ori, The star Alnitak (ζ Ori, The star Bellatrix (γ Ori, The star Betelgeuse, The star Cursa, The star Hatysa (ι Ori, The star Mintaka (δ Ori, The star Rigel, The star Saif al Jabbar (η Ori, The star Saiph (κ Ori

Equipment: Askar FMA230, Askar SQA55, Omegon Pro APO AP 72/400 Quintuplet, Omegon veTEC 571 C, ToupTek ATR3 CMOS 26000 KPA

Integration: 223h 40m

Over three years ago, my dear fellow astro friend @Pulsar_ and I had the spontaneous, completely naive idea to create a complete mosaic picture of the Orion constellation. We blundered into this project like the inexperienced newbies we were at that time. We combined his Askar FMA 230 with my double setup of two Askar FRA 400 telescopes, reduced to a 280 mm focal length. This was the project from…