The Nebulae
Specifically Orion and the Running Man.
I captured this over two nights with about 5 or so hours of integration time. I used a dual band (hydrogen alpha and oxygen III) filter for half the data and a broadband light pollution filter for the other half of the data. I then blended the results in photoshop to get the result I have here.
The sub-frames themselves were 60 second exposures at 60 gain for half and 15 second exposures at 60 gain for the other half for the dynamic range I wanted in the bright Trapezium of the larger Orion Nebula.
I'm pleased with how this turned out, but I'm still sure I could do better. The season to easily see Orion is rapidly coming to a close, so I'm likely going to plan for a return to this night sky target in December thru February 2026-2027.
