Miguel Claro A professional photographer, author and science communicator based on Lisbon, Portugal, creating amazing images in the night sky. As a European Embassador to the Southern Ofessvatory Photo and member of The world at night and the official astrophotographer of Black Sky Alqueva ReserveHe specializes in astronomical “skyscapes” connecting the world and the night sky.
This deep view of Orion constellations in red hues thanks to a fairtered view of the hydrogen alpha prompt, a type of light released by hydrogen atoms.
The big, shiny semi-circle around the three stars consisting of orions belt well known to SH2-276), a light distance with 300 lights across. Barnard’s loop is a part of the most precedent of Cloud’s Cloud Molecule, consisting of dust, hydrogen and helium, and the birthplace.
I always want to make an image like this showing all the beautiful reddish hydrogen surrounding one of the oddest and colorful regions of the whole night as seen from the ground. This cloud contains awesome awesome Like M42, Head Head, LDN 1622, The Great Lambda Orionis Ring and the Blugish (OIII) Witch Negula, near the Rigel Star.
I set up my shot (Samyang 35mm F1.8 with Poseidon C Pro) available and prepared for two months before the Orion work together. This image is a small challenge of arrest, due to uncooperative time and the fact that the Orion constellation began to set up early on the western horizon.
I only have 40 minutes available for each clear evening between February and March 2025 as seen from the Dark Scy Alqueva Reserve in Portugal, so collect seven hours of data in this image. I took it at the beginning of winter, I could do this one night. I hope you enjoy the result.
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