Orion Nebula Canon Rebel t6 DSLR image

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Photographer:

Ryan Branch

Location of Photo:

The location the photo was taken was outside of the City of Palo Pinto, TX

Date/Time of photo:

This was taken Between 3am-4am 9/27/2020

Equipment:

The equipment that I used to capture this image: Canon Rebel t6 DSLR camera, Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III zoom lens @300mm, Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Pro, intervalometer, Orion telescope tripod.

Description:

I drove out to a spot just outside of the city of Palo Pinto, TX. My initial goal was to capture the Pleaides, However the Moon was pretty bright. I, unfortunately was unable to capture the quality frames that I had hoped for. The constellation Orion had just risen over the horizon at about the time I was getting ready to pack up my gear. So, last minute, I swung the camera over to the Orion Nebula to see what frames I could get. By this time the Moon had set, and the sky was much darker. After a couple of frames, I decided to take a few more. I captured 20/2 minute frames along with 5 dark frames for calibration. I processed these later in the day and this is resulting image.