Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Flame Nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri
Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Clay Kesterson
Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae
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Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae

Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Clay Kesterson
Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae
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Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae

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This represents first light with a dedicated astronomy camera, the ZWO ASI1600MC-COOL V3.

My previous work as been with a DSLR and I've already learned quite a bit by moving to a cooled camera. I struggled with understanding if all my settings were correct as the stacked, de-bayered image was all black, save the highlights of some of the stars. After hunting around and stretching the image, I finally saw the detail that was there; even though the final stack was only 70 minutes of data.

Moving forward, I'm pretty encouraged to see what kind of images I can acquire in 2021, especially since overnight temperatures in the summer here are north of 23C.

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Alnitak, Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Clay Kesterson