Observation by Les Dickens: IC434

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Les Dickens

Observer

Les Dickens

Observed

2019 Feb 26 - 21:00

Uploaded

2019 Feb 28 - 22:05

Objects

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
IC434

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h40^m
Dec: -02°26'
Position angle: -92°16'

Field size

0°40' × 0°51'

Equipment

200mm F6 Newtonian
QHY9s mono camera
Processed with IRIS software

Exposure

45 x 120s luminance; 5 x 120s each of RGB

Location

Cheltenham, Glos. 51° 53' 01" N, 02° 05' 42" W

Target name

IC434 Horsehead nebula in Orion

Title

IC434

About this image

2 clear nights in a row! I will need some cloudy ones to process all the images. This was the first one; initial inspection of the raw data wasn't very encouraging, but the info was all there - just needed to drag it out with IRIS.

Files associated with this observation

IC434 Horsehead nebula in Orion 2019.02.26.jpg (487.5 kB)

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