Orion / Monoceros Widefield
Canon 5D Mark II | 32mm f/3.2 | Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i | 150 × 55s | ISO 1250 | Darks + Flats | ~2 hours integration | Texas Hill Country | Estimated Bortle 4
Still very much learning but really happy with how this one came out after a lot of trial and error. This is only my 4th attempt since acquiring the mark II and other gear!
Think I’m about ready to upgrade my camera body lol
Widefield spanning Orion and Monoceros with more in the frame than I initially realized.
The Rosette Nebula is center-frame with its dark core and surrounding emission.
Barnard’s Loop arcs faintly through the field.
Orion’s belt and sword are visible lower-right along with the Orion Nebula.
The blue IFN patch lower-left was a surprise — apparently galactic cirrus that’s easy to accidentally destroy in processing, somehow managed to keep it intact.
Processing:
Siril — calibration, dark subtraction, alignment and stacking (average, Winsorized sigma rejection)
GraXpert — gradient and background removal
StarTools — stretch, HDR, local contrast, color balance, star reduction and denoise
GIMP — color cast correction, star dimming and final export
by thepriceisright24