The Gorgeous Flame and Horsehead Nebula

After a very successful imaging session last night, under the dark skies of Joshua Tree National Park, here's the first result. This shows the famous Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), which is below the really bright star Alnitak. And the even more famous Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) to the upper right of Alnitak, which resembles a horse's head. This one turned out better than I expected. Many more to come. :)

 

01/28/12

Joshua Tree, CA

4 frames = 190 seconds ISO 6400

6 frames = 665 secondsISO 3200

1 frame = 60 seconds ISO 1600

15 minutes 25 seconds in total

Images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Gimp 2

6" Meade Newtonian Reflector LXD75 EQ Mount

Canon Rebel T3 DSLR

Done