Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Flame Nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri
30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband, Chad Leader
30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband
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30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband

30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband, Chad Leader
30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband
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30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband

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This is the last of my data from my 2021 trip to Joshua Tree National Park. Unfortunately, there was a glitch with this sequence. I had set it up to acquire three hours of data while I napped in the field. When I woke up, I realized the mount had stopped tracking during the 5th frame rendering 2+ hours useless. So I slewed back to the target to acquire two more frames before the Sun began to rise and put an end to my imaging.

This is 6 x 300s subs = 30 minutes total integration
ZWOASI2600MC Pro, 0°C, gain 0
f/4.4 system, focal length of 412mm

The data completely exceeded my expectations. I'm hoping to make it out to a dark site this winter to finish this project.

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30 minutes on IC434 (The Horsehead Nebula) and NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) in broadband, Chad Leader