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The Flame and Horsehead nebula

The Flame nebula NGC2024 and the Horsehead nebula IC434 in the constellation of Orion

 

The bright star between the two nebula is Alnitak, the first of the three stars on Orions Belt. The flame is between 900 to 1500 lighy years away, the horsehead is approx 1300 light years away, the shape of the horsehead is made of dark dust in front of the hydrogen rich nebula

 

Image taken under the glare of a 96% lit full moon

07/2/2023

 

77 minutes data

64 x 90 second exposures, plus darks, flats and bias frames.

ISO 1250

Nikon D7500 dslr (stock)

Skywatcher 80ED DS Pro refractor scope

Skywatcher 0.85x ff/cc

Skywatcher Eqm-35 pro

 

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe photoshop, Adobe camera raw, Starnett++, GIMP

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Uploaded on February 14, 2023