Orion's Belt & Sword: mosaic in H-alpha

[Danilo Pivato]

Hi all,

this is a photomosaic consisting in 17 shots that show the
central part of the constellation of Orion.

Each shot is composed of 9 frames, each frame was exposed
for 1800 seconds.
The total time exposure of all frames is 76.5 hours.

To complete the mosaic have been expected four months,
because the weather was good.

The mosaic measures approximately: 9° x 8° (6464x5860 pixels)
and was completed in 21 good nights.

The equipment is Telephoto Nikkor 300mm f/2,8 @ f/4;
CCD: SBIG ST-10XME with H-alpha filter.

The location is my balcony observatory in Rome:

http://www.danilopivato.com/introduc...setup/2009.htm


The mosaic is here:

http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_...ord_mosaic.htm

Best regards,

Danilo Pivato
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[Mighty_oz (Marcus)]

Wow apod apod apod

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning image, Danilo! to IceInSpace!

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Nice image, so much gas...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb work!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Amazing view, the BW really show the subtleties in this area. Congratulations on taking such a fine image.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Very nice widefield image Danilo.
I loved many of the other Ha images on your website too.
Welcome to IIS
Doug

[h0ughy (David)]

great image - applaud you for efforts.

what software did you use for the map overlay?

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Great Mosaic, well blended and it certainly has a WOW factor.
Welcome and well done!

[Danilo Pivato]

Thank you very much!
I'm happy to be in IceInSpace!

Houghy,
To make the maps I use the software CAD.
Best regards,

Danilo Pivato

[Ric]

Stunning work Danilo

Welcome to IIS

[alexch (Alex)]

Originally Posted by Mighty_oz

Wow apod apod apod

I agree - this is APOD quality work - stunning!

Alex

[TrevorW]

Nice work Danilo and that new GM 2000 QCImount is great

[Jen]

wow what a beautiful picture its my fave part of the sky and you pulled it off beautifully nice job just stunning work there
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