This ultra-wide portrait of Orion, featuring Jupiter covers nearly 90 degrees of the winter sky to the south - a very captivating area.

In addition to the conspicuous and unmistakable figure of Orion at the bottom of the image, the winter Milky Way stretches from the bottom-left to the top-right, littering the scene with beautiful hydrogen-alpha emission regions, such as the Rosette and California Nebulae. The contrasting blue hues of the Pleiades can also be seen to the right-middle. Jupiter is in the centre, suspended against the rich backdrop.

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​IMAGE DETAILS

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• Camera: Canon 6D (Modified).

• Lens: Samyang 24mm F1.4 ED.

• Location: Shropshire, UK.

• Exposure: 20 x 60s each at ISO 3200 and F/2.8.

• Processing: PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop.

• Credit & Copyright: Chris Willocks.