Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  50 Ori)  ·  NGC 2024  ·  The star Alnitak (ζ Ori
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Flame Nebula (IC434), BryanHudson
Flame Nebula (IC434)
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Flame Nebula (IC434)

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Flame Nebula (IC434), BryanHudson
Flame Nebula (IC434)
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Flame Nebula (IC434)

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Flame Nebula (IC434) from Bortle 4 sky, 60 miles away from my Bortle 7 home. First time capturing it without Horse Head.  
The bright star Alnitak is difficult to manage next to a dim target. It helped doing shorter exposures. Narrowband filter still had halos, but it is hard to avoid.
~ ASI533MC Pro with SVBony SV220
~ Celestron C8 XLT with .63 reducer
~ Captured and stacked using ASIAir Plus
~ 26, 60 second light frames with flats and bias
~ ZWO AM3 mount, guided, dithered
~ Processed in Pixinsight (NarrowBandNormalization process), Lightroom, Photoshop

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Flame Nebula (IC434), BryanHudson