The Colours of Orion ✨
It's hard to capture the colours & thus temperatures of stars when your images are sharply in focus, so it's always worth defocussing once in a while 🤷♂️
Many people know that Betelgeuse is cool (3,700K) & orange 🍊, while Rigel is hot (12,100K) & blue 🔵
But most of the other bright stars in Orion are even hotter & thus much bluer, between 22 & 36,000K 🥵
And the Orion Nebula comes out purple, thanks to its ionised hydrogen 🎆
Edited 13d ago