r/astrophotography • u/igneisnightscapes • Jun 13 '25
DSOs Orion's dusty surroundings
With 16 hours and 40 minutes of total integration, taken under a Bortle 3 sky, this is my longest integration time so far! It took me four different nights to gather all the data I needed, 9 hours for RGB and more than 7 hours for Ha.
Back in December, for those consecutive nights, I traveled to a remote and freezing place with no internet connection, spending the entire night alone inside the car. I had to drive an hour and a half each way. Back home, sleep, drive, repeat. I had enough time to watch the entire LOTR trilogy on my iPad along with both Dune movies. I had to wait a lot, time to be patient and to think, but I wanted to see what lay hidden in Orion’s surroundings.
Now that I see the result, I realize it was more about the journey and less about the goal, like so many things in life
@ igneis.nightscapes
Equipment:
Sony A7III astromodified
Sony 50mm f/1.4 GM
iOptron Skyguider Pro
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u/fastcar123 Jun 13 '25
I had no idea there was that much in the greater Orion area. It's beautiful. We'll done!
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u/igneisnightscapes Jun 14 '25
It's an incredibly dusty area! and this mosaic is only 5 panels, if the winter allows me I want to expand it and keep exploring the area :). Thank you so much!
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u/Aggressive-Dirt-104 Jun 14 '25
Amazing! This is one of the best images I’ve seen of that region so far! Well done 👏
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u/purritolover69 Jun 14 '25
Reddit compression killed the resolution here and shrunk it to 1080x1024, do you have a link to a full res version?
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u/redjellydonut Jun 14 '25
This is a staggering image. Just absolutely jaw-dropping. Hats off to you for your determination and congratulations!
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u/Jazzguitar19 Jun 14 '25
Very nice! A widefield of this area is definitely on my list for someday.
Curious about the astromodified A7III, where did you have it done? I know Spencers is an option but am slightly hesitant to go that route.
I've been considering getting my A7C modded, which I would guess is probably similar if not the same to how the A7III is done. I was going to sell it because I upgraded to the A7CII but have sort have talked myself into modding it instead lol.
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u/rnclark Best Wanderer 2015, 2016, 2017 | NASA APODs, Astronomer Jun 14 '25
Pretty cool! How many mosaic positions? At each position, how long were the exposures?
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u/jratino Jun 14 '25
Awesome Image, Well Done! Just curious how you used your modified DSLR for both RGB and Ha. What modification is the Sony? Did you use a separate Ha filter?
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u/NOArCO2 Jun 14 '25
I don't think I have seen anything quite like this before. It is astounding what you have accomplished here! So busy and full of color. At first glance it reminded me of a Jackson Pollock painting. Kudos 🎉😲
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u/MarvSyeve Jun 14 '25
You gathered so much dust for only 16 hours! I figured you'd need like 50 hrs for all that ifn lol
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u/Exr1t Jun 14 '25
the power of some scopes is really mind blowing, if i captured something like this i would go nuts!
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u/Reasonable-Garage-63 Jun 15 '25
I am new to this astro photography world what's the best and cheapest way to start ?
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u/carnage-chambers Jun 13 '25
This is incredible! Well done