Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  The star 64Ari  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri
Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion, Mike
Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion
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Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion

Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion, Mike
Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion
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Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion

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Orion's Belt - centered on "Alnitak", a 1.7 magnitute triple star at one end of the belt.

Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula.

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Details:

Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian.

Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount

Orion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2.

Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter.

Nikon D5300 (unmodified).

Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90.

UHC-S - 19 x 2min ISO400 (12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on).

taken 5 October 14

reprocessed with Pixinsight and Photoshop 6 Sept 15

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Flame and Horsehead nebulae near Alnitak in Orion, Mike