Observation by Clive Beech: NGC2023 and the horse head nebula

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Clive Beech

Observer

Clive Beech

Observed

2016 Dec 28 - 23:43

Uploaded

2017 Jan 01 - 15:26

Objects

NGC2023

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h40^m
Dec: -02°07'
Position angle: -95°58'

Field size

1°02' × 1°18'

Equipment

William Optics Zenithstar II 80ED refractor
Starlight Xpress SXVR H694 CCD imager
Photometric B, photographic Red and Photographic Green filters

Exposure

5x 60s Blue, 5x 60s Green, 5x 60s Red

Location

Plymouth

Target name

NGC2023 and Horse Head dark nebula

Title

NGC2023 and the horse head nebula

About this image

This image was taken while testing the system after having been taken apart for cleaning. The images were aligned and stacked using AstroArt 6. I use the same software for capturing images.

Files associated with this observation

NGC2023_RGB2.jpg (1.0 MB)

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