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Orion Nebula multiband 2x2 mosaic - IHH

2026-04-03

Classification: Photograph
Museum: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work

This multiband study of the Orion Nebula covered the near infrared, red, green, and blue bands along with H-alpha and [O III] emission. This image was assembled by combining infrared data to the red image channel with H-alpha data in the green and blue image channels. The resulting IHO palette reveals continuum sources (stars and reflection nebulosity) in red and emission sources (gas ionized by the stars of the Orion Nebula) in teal.

Mount: Sky-Watcher Wave 150i (strain wave German equatorial mount)

Telescope: Apertura CarbonStar RC8 (Ritchey–Chrétien telescope, 203 mm aperture, 1624 mm focal length, no reducer or flattener)

Camera: Touptek ATR533M (Sony IMX533 monochrome sensor)

Filters:

SVBONY 685 nm NIR (red channel) (555×15s)

Touptek 6.5 nm H-alpha (green channel) (255×60s)

Software: NINA, SIRIL, GIMP

No AI tools were used in the making of this image.