Two new images!

The Orion Nebula

and

NGC-1980 – Open star cluster

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I’ve been waiting all winter to get this. After weeks of being plagued by cloudy nights and unfavourable viewing conditions, I finally got a chance to photograph the Orion Nebula from my driveway. This is a stacked image of several that I took.

The Orion Nebula is located below Orion’s belt (part of his sword) and is surprisingly bright. This makes it fairly easy to photograph. While I was at it, I also snapped a few images of NGC-1980 (an open star cluster – also in Orion’s sword).

Unfortunately, my camera’s battery died so I wasn’t able to get any more images tonight, but I’m more than delighted with what I managed to get while I could.