Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 426  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star σOri
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Horsehead Nebula, IC 434 and Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), 



    
        

            JMDean
Horsehead Nebula, IC 434 and Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)
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Horsehead Nebula, IC 434 and Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Takahashi FS60C
Mounts
AstroTrac TT320X-AG
Filters
CLS
Software
Adobe Photoshop · PixInsight 1.8

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 8, 2015
Frames:
50×60(50′)
Integration:
50′
Avg. Moon age:
26.76 days
Avg. Moon phase:
8.44%

RA center: 05h39m06s.2

DEC center: -01°4619

Pixel scale: 10.399 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -176.450 degrees

Field radius: 2.758 degrees

Resolution: 620x410

File size: 183.6 KB

Description

Playing around with an Astrotrac, it is quite amazing what can be recorded in just 60 second frames. Taken at ISO 3200. Definitely one for the CCD next.

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Horsehead Nebula, IC 434 and Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), 



    
        

            JMDean