Steven Mohr
NGC2024 | Flame Nebula | LHaRGB
From the Wiki…
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away.
The bright star Alnitak (just outside the field of view at the top of this image), the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this knocks electrons away from the great clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there. Much of the glow results when the electrons and ionized hydrogen recombine. Additional dark gas and dust lies in front of the bright part of the nebula and this is what causes the dark network that appears in the center of the glowing gas. The Flame Nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, a star-forming region that includes the famous Horsehead Nebula.
At the center of the Flame Nebula is a cluster of newly formed stars, 86% of which have circumstellar disks. X-ray observations by the Chandra X-ray Observatory show several hundred young stars, out of an estimated population of 800 stars. X-ray and infrared images indicate that the youngest stars are concentrated near the center of the cluster.
Thanks for looking, take care.
Hi res link:
live.staticflickr.com/65535/50747689278_5f37be0762_o.jpg
Information about the image:
Center (RA, Dec):(85.407, -1.689)
Center (RA, hms):05h 41m 37.563s
Center (Dec, dms):-01° 41' 21.605"
Size:47.9 x 31.3 arcmin
Radius:0.477 deg
Pixel scale:0.732 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 119 degrees E of N
Instrument: Planewave CDK 12.5 | Focal Ratio: F8
Camera: STXL-11000 + AOX | Mount: AP900GTO
Camera Sensitivity: Lum, Ha: BIN 1x1, RGB: BIN 2x2
Exposure Details: Total: 23.0 hours | Lum: 48 x 900 sec [12.0hr], Ha: 16 x 1200 sec [5.0hr], RGB 16 x 450sec each [6.0hrs]
Viewing Location: Central Victoria, Australia.
Observatory: ScopeDome 3m
Date: November-December 2020
Software Enhancements: CCDStack2, CCDBand-Aid, PS, Pixinsight
Author: Steven Mohr
NGC2024 | Flame Nebula | LHaRGB
From the Wiki…
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away.
The bright star Alnitak (just outside the field of view at the top of this image), the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this knocks electrons away from the great clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there. Much of the glow results when the electrons and ionized hydrogen recombine. Additional dark gas and dust lies in front of the bright part of the nebula and this is what causes the dark network that appears in the center of the glowing gas. The Flame Nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, a star-forming region that includes the famous Horsehead Nebula.
At the center of the Flame Nebula is a cluster of newly formed stars, 86% of which have circumstellar disks. X-ray observations by the Chandra X-ray Observatory show several hundred young stars, out of an estimated population of 800 stars. X-ray and infrared images indicate that the youngest stars are concentrated near the center of the cluster.
Thanks for looking, take care.
Hi res link:
live.staticflickr.com/65535/50747689278_5f37be0762_o.jpg
Information about the image:
Center (RA, Dec):(85.407, -1.689)
Center (RA, hms):05h 41m 37.563s
Center (Dec, dms):-01° 41' 21.605"
Size:47.9 x 31.3 arcmin
Radius:0.477 deg
Pixel scale:0.732 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 119 degrees E of N
Instrument: Planewave CDK 12.5 | Focal Ratio: F8
Camera: STXL-11000 + AOX | Mount: AP900GTO
Camera Sensitivity: Lum, Ha: BIN 1x1, RGB: BIN 2x2
Exposure Details: Total: 23.0 hours | Lum: 48 x 900 sec [12.0hr], Ha: 16 x 1200 sec [5.0hr], RGB 16 x 450sec each [6.0hrs]
Viewing Location: Central Victoria, Australia.
Observatory: ScopeDome 3m
Date: November-December 2020
Software Enhancements: CCDStack2, CCDBand-Aid, PS, Pixinsight
Author: Steven Mohr