Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri
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Flame and Horsehead nebulae, Andrew Lockwood
Flame and Horsehead nebulae
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Flame and Horsehead nebulae

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Flame and Horsehead nebulae, Andrew Lockwood
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Flame and Horsehead nebulae

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New Year's Eve was unusually cool, good transparency and no wind. I took the opportunity to start from the basics again with a DSLR and small refractor.

This view of the end of Orion's belt shows some of the beautiful dusty formations in the molecular hydrogen.

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