Observation by Ian Sharp: The Horse Head Nebula in Orion

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Mr Ian David Sharp

Observer

Ian Sharp

Observed

2021 Dec 31 - 00:00

Uploaded

2022 Feb 14 - 16:26

Objects

IC434
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h40^m
Dec: -02°37'
Position angle: -91°40'

Field size

1°04' × 0°50'

Equipment

StellaMira 104mm ED2 Triplet f/6.25 APO Refractor
10Micron GM 1000 HPS mount
Starlight XPress TRIUS PRO 694 mono CCD camera
Starlight Xpress 7 position 1.25" filter wheel
Optolong LRGB, Ha, OIII, SII filters
Starlight XPress OAG
Starlight Xpress LoadStar V2 guide camera

Exposure

R, G and B = 60 x 300s; L = 88 x 300s; Ha 80 x 900s

Location

PixelSkies, Castilléjar in the province of Granada, Andalucia

Target name

IC434 The Horse Head Nebula

Title

The Horse Head Nebula in Orion

About this image

A total of 42 hours of exposure on this much imaged object. I avoided Alnitak, but the glare from it can be seen causing some artistically pleasing rays of light from lower left.

Taken from my remote scope in southern Spain., Details are here: http://www.astro-sharp.com/2021/10/23/my-new-remote-setup-in-spain/

Fully calibrated and processed in PixInsight.

Files associated with this observation

IC434_PixelSkies_LRHaGB_DEC-2021_IDS.jpg (1.7 MB)

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