Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)
Sharpless 2-264 and environs, Arnie
Sharpless 2-264 and environs
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Sharpless 2-264 and environs

Sharpless 2-264 and environs, Arnie
Sharpless 2-264 and environs
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Sharpless 2-264 and environs

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This image, centered on Sharpless 2-264 in the constellation Orion, displays quite an interesting mix of nebula types. Sharpless 2-264 is the red emission nebula in the center and top. There is a small amount of reflection nebulae at the very center and numerous dark nebulae scattered about. Swirls of dust permeate the entire field as well.

I collected this data to fill the time in between two other objects I was imaging to avoid wasting dark sky time, but I think it came out pretty nice in its own right.

A full size, zoom-able image is at the link provided.

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Sharpless 2-264 and environs, Arnie