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Horsehead Nebula
Also known as IC 434 and Barnard 33.
The horsehead nebula is approximately 1,375 light years away in the constellation of Orion. A very difficult target to find in a telescope, it's possible with a large aperture using specialist filters. A camera that can pick up Ha it's much easier :-)
IC 434 lies on Orions belt close to the flame nebula with the very bright star Alnitak (just visible lower left) separating them.
Image captured at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK on 10th of November 2023.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
120 second exposures.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Horsehead Nebula
Also known as IC 434 and Barnard 33.
The horsehead nebula is approximately 1,375 light years away in the constellation of Orion. A very difficult target to find in a telescope, it's possible with a large aperture using specialist filters. A camera that can pick up Ha it's much easier :-)
IC 434 lies on Orions belt close to the flame nebula with the very bright star Alnitak (just visible lower left) separating them.
Image captured at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK on 10th of November 2023.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
120 second exposures.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.