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Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB, Fernando
Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB
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Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB

Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB, Fernando
Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB
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Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB

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B33 is the well known shape of a horse head. It is a dark nebula embedded to the IC434, a large emission region located in Orion constellation and distant 1500 LY from Earth.

On the image presented, one can see the abundance in hydrogen in the RED channel, obtained from a RGB mapping from a narrow band capture, some organic material on the dark nebula can be seen as the S2 mapped in the green channel..

Image:

Ha: 13 x 1200sec bin 1x1

S2: 6 x 1200sec bin 1x1

O3: 6 x 1200sec bin 1x1

Scope: TMB 92 f/5.5

Processing and pre-processing: PixInsight

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Description: BETTER COLOR BALANCE AND CONTRAST OF THE DELICATE DETAILS, MAINLY IN LOW LUMINANCE AREAS.. THIS FALSE RGB HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM A NARROW BAND DATA

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Horsehead Nebula (Bernard 33) in RGB, Fernando