Horsehead Nebula and surroundings in Orion’s Belt (Martin Konrat)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 46 Ori) · 46 eps Ori · 48 Ori · 48 sig Ori · 50 Ori) · 50 zet Ori · Alnilam · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · Horsehead nebula · IC 426 · IC 431 · IC 432 · IC 434 · IC 435 · LDN 1614 · LDN 1620 · LDN 1635 · LDN 1636 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · Orion · Orion B · Part of the constellation Orion (Ori) · Sh2-277 · The star Alnilam (ε Ori · The star Alnitak (ζ Ori · The star σ Ori · VV Ori · And 1 more.

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Horsehead Nebula and surroundings in Orion’s Belt

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Horsehead Nebula and surroundings in Orion’s Belt

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and surroundings. OSC camera.

This image consists of a composition between a 7h integration image with an UV/IR filter and a 3.5h integration image with a Duo-Narrowband filter to pull some of the faint h-alpha details.

The blending process is always a trial and error quest until the sweet spot Is reached.

For my taste I find it beautiful to make those faint nebulosities around Alnilam to pop up, like IC426 For example.

There’s more to appreciate in this image than the obvious horsehead/flame/ngc2023 trio.

Image taken from november 15th to 17th (2022) in Giruá, south of Brazil. Bortle Scale 4.

Camera: asi2600mc
170 x 150s images with Optolong UV/IR filter
40 x 300s images with Antlia alp-t filter
Askar FRA400 refractor
Zwo AM5 mount.
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop.

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RA (center)	05h38m37s.11
RA (top/left)	05h30m54s.45
RA (top/right)	05h40m37s.10
RA (bottom/right)	05h46m20s.20
RA (bottom/left)	05h36m37s.48

Dec (center)	-01°57′55″.6
Dec (top/left)	-01°38′48″.9
Dec (top/right)	-03°51′16″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°16′50″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-00°04′37″.7

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