Horse Head Nebula with a 14 inch Dobson. (Mike Dobres)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · HD290814 · HD290815 · HD294297 · HD294302 · HD37805 · HD37903 · Horsehead nebula · IC 434 · LBN 953 · LBN 954 · NGC 2023 · Orion B · Sh2-277 · The star Alnitak (ζOri)

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Horse Head Nebula with a 14 inch Dobson.

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Horse Head Nebula with a 14 inch Dobson.

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

After purchasing a used Dobson as my first telescope in June last year, I'm very happy to be able to image the Horsehead n about 20 minutes. Actually my favorite part of this image is NGC2023. Lots of color and detail.

Use of ZW0ASI 294 MC Pro really makes quick imaging of DSOs doable with a Dobson. This was originally captured as an EAA activity by Live stacking of 330 4 sec exposures, and stretching and enhancing in Sharp Cap. The original SC image was great, but I was able to quickly pull out a lot more detail using Startools by working with the non-stretched FITS file from SC. I think this approach combines the instant pleasure of seeing images appear on the screen (EAA) with a final product that pulls the best of the acquired data.

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RA (center)	05h41m02s.596
RA (top/left)	05h40m46s.146
RA (top/right)	05h39m31s.667
RA (bottom/right)	05h41m18s.999
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m33s.588

Dec (center)	-02°17′30″.40
Dec (top/left)	-01°54′39″.68
Dec (top/right)	-02°12′49″.24
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°40′20″.32
Dec (bottom/left)	-02°22′09″.80

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