#orionmolecularcloudcomplex

I captured this composite image from my balcony in Strasbourg France in early February 2025 and combined it with my best photos from February 2023.

Thé Horsehead Nebula appears as a dark silhouette in the vast Orion Molecular Cloud Complex behind it. It is too faint to see without a telescope. It was first identified by the Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming in 1888. The deep red colour is caused by the ionized hydrogen that dominates this area. It is about 1,400 light-years away. This image is a composite of 54 photos, where each is a 3 minute exposure. I used an special filter to highlight the ionized hydrogen. I captured this image from my balcony in Strasbourg France in early February 2023. #horseheadnebula #barnard33 #ngc2023 #orionmolecularcloudcomplex #orionbelt #astronomy #astrophotography #astronomiefrance #astropgotographie (at Strasbourg, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh7ppvstFv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Flame Nebula, is a hot glowing cloud in the Belt of Orion constellation. The bright star in the foreground is flooding the region with ultraviolet light, and that energizes the Frame Nebula. The Flame Nebula is part of the vast Orion Molecular Cloud Complex which fills the southern sky on a midwinter evening, but is too faint for casual observation. At 900 light years distance, it is very close on a galactic scale. If it were a large city, we would be living in its suburbs. I photographed the Flame Nebula from my balcony in Strasbourg France, February 2022. #flamenebula #ngc2024 #sh2-277 #orionmolecularcloudcomplex #astronomy #astronomie #astrophotography #astrophotographie #astrophotographiefrance #poussieredetoile #poussièredétoiles (at Strasbourg, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ9trlIsNXR/?utm_medium=tumblr

Part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which is found in the constellation of Orion, is a massive and one of the most active stellar forming regions visible in the night sky. Of note in this image is Barnard’s Loop (sh2-276), an emission nebula which covers 10 degrees in the sky. Thought to lie some 518 light years [ly] or 1434 ly away. Enclosed by it you can see the Horsehead (B33) and Flame Nebula (ngc2024), as well as the bright nebula (ic434) around B33, as well as the Orion Nebula (M42). Near the edge of the frame in the top right the witch head reflection nebula is also visible. This was shot in Mersing on 9th March 2019 with a Sony a7ii and a polarie with a zeiss batis 85mm. #orion #orionmolecularcloudcomplex #beltoforion #barnardsloop #flamenebula #horseheadnebula #orionnebula #witchheadnebula #sh2276 #sh2277 #ngc2024 #ic434 #barnard33 #messier42 #m42 #mersing #zeissbatis85 #alphacreates #alphacreatesstarscapes #polarievixen (at Srikandi Resort) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu5fML6lWeY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s3vgeotuagz4