The Horsehead(s) into Dawn (G400)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: B33 · Horsehead nebula · IC 434 · Sh2-277

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The Horsehead(s) into Dawn

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The Horsehead(s) into Dawn

As always when an object (NGC2403 that night) has been finished I go for a little skywalk to provide some orientation for the following imaging session.

This time I tried to capture Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma but found that it is still to faint to gather photons at f10.

Then i decided to look around at the horsehead nebula and spent quite a while finding the right frame without being exposed too much to Alnitak's rays.

For the time being to the nautical twilight I was able to capture 16 frames.

In the end this one is more than a simple skywalk snapshot and too less for a serious astrophotography.

In the end I think it is good enough to post.

Here is the widefield version done with the WO GTF 81 and the same camera on 06/02/2018:

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RA (center)	05h40m58s.212
RA (top/left)	05h40m09s.291
RA (top/right)	05h40m42s.502
RA (bottom/right)	05h41m47s.148
RA (bottom/left)	05h41m13s.922

Dec (center)	-02°22′41″.28
Dec (top/left)	-02°13′21″.16
Dec (top/right)	-02°37′33″.55
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°32′00″.57
Dec (bottom/left)	-02°07′48″.70

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