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IC 434

Flame (NGC 2024) and Horsehead Nebula

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Technical details:

Location / Date: Outside of Ramnäs, Västmanland, Sweden / 2015-March

Optics: Skywatcher Explorer 190MN

Mount: 10 Micron GM1000 HPS (Unguided)

Camera: Canon EOS 100D (Modded with Baader ACF filter)

Exposure: 66 x 300 seconds, all shot at ISO 3200 (cumulative exposure time is 5 hours and 30 minutes)

Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop

 

Image details:

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 ) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears some resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth. The dark cloud of dust and gas is a region in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex where star formation is taking place. This stellar nursery, as it is known, can contain over 100 known organic and inorganic gases as well as dust consisting of large and complex organic molecules. (Information from Wikipedia)

 
 

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