Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Flame Nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri
Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?, Rick_Loughrey
Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?
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Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?

Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?, Rick_Loughrey
Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?
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Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?

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As a teenager I built a 6” F/8 Newtonian reflector, including grinding my own mirror. I kept it all these years but it was a bit of a beast at 4’ long - I recently discovered a primary and secondary 6” F/4 mirror set online so I cut the old scope in half and converted it to a fast Newtonian for AP. The wider FOV framed this area in Orion nicely!

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Flame and Horsehead Nebula - Blazing Saddle?, Rick_Loughrey