A Night With Orion

I thought I'd give another scan around the Orion constellation and see if the Nebula is able to be captured, which I did - in three different moods. I was doing that while gazing at the Moon in its 3rd quarter, showing that was still bright to have blotted out other stars around it that made identifying other constellations a little tricky...

Meanwhile, I managed to grab the great Orion Nebula in three distinct tones and each of them give a solemn note to the existence of what goes on out there in the vast expanse of space and further into the universe.

The first one was in B/W and at 6 seconds exposure, using the trusty Starshoot CCD Imager. Then I decided to see what we would get at 3 seconds exposure. It gave a slightly solemn image which perhaps was a little truer to it's deep space environment.

To top the entire session for the night, a grab of the Nebula in colour was taken and, though not as distinct in its feature as the earlier one I had in the previous blog entry, it was still a sight to behold! When I was gazing at it through the 5mm Stratus WA lens, the scene unfolded was one of awe, respect and silence when I saw the wispy patch of the nebula that surrounded the area where the stars were, of which three distinct ones, in sort of a line, showed the main spot.
All in all, it was an amazing night out under the Hunter's embrace that danced under the silvery Moon. I didn't managed to get a picture of the Moon as it was too bright. Along the way, Saturn made its grand appearance that equally stunned the senses. I used the 3x barlow and the 5mm lens, which managed to magnify the planet somewhat which gave an added satisfaction to seeing it in all its glory, ringed planet and all!