Hey Reddit, my name’s Rudy, I’m 17 and I’m an astrophotographer. Here’s an image I captured recently from my backyard of the well known Orion Nebula, an absolutely gargantuan star-forming region lying just beneath Orion’s Belt. This nebula is so bright it can be seen with the naked eye even from severe light pollution, and is one of the few nebulae you can detect colour in visually through a telescope.
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Hey Reddit, my name’s Rudy, I’m 17 and I’m an astrophotographer. Here’s an image I captured recently from my backyard of the well known Orion Nebula, an absolutely gargantuan star-forming region lying just beneath Orion’s Belt. This nebula is so bright it can be seen with the naked eye even from severe light pollution, and is one of the few nebulae you can detect colour in visually through a telescope.
[Please check out my Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rudy.astro/profilecard/?igsh=MXZuMmlyMHpiZnFmMQ==) if you’re interested in seeing what other objects I’ve imaged with my telescope!
I captured this image over a single night using the following setup ([link to a photo of it](https://imgur.com/a/kYK6kxy)):
– ZWO ASI533MC Pro
– Askar FRA400
– Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
– ZWO ASI120MC-S guide camera
– TS-Optics 60mm guidescope
– ZWO ASIAIR Mini
– Optolong UV-IR cut filter
Hope you like it, please drop any questions you have in the comments and I’d be more than happy to explain.