Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  46 eps Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  Sh2-277  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri  ·  VdB51
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IC 434 - Horsehead Nebula - HSO, Sigga
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IC 434 - Horsehead Nebula - HSO

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The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming (yay for girls) on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears some resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth.

--Wikipedia

I try Horsehead in HSO, 3 x 300 seconds each filter. I finally find old version of Photoshop that will run on my antiquated Mac and do some experiments to remove noise in image which I pretty pleased with overall.

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Description: Detail of horse.

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Description: Detail horse and flame.

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Description: Detail flame.

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IC 434 - Horsehead Nebula - HSO, Sigga