Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  HD290812  ·  HD290814  ·  HD290815  ·  HD294297  ·  HD294298  ·  HD294301  ·  HD294302  ·  HD294303  ·  HD37641  ·  HD37661  ·  HD37662  ·  HD37674  ·  HD37686  ·  HD37699  ·  HD37776  ·  HD37805  ·  HD37806  ·  HD37903  ·  HD38087  ·  HD38099  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  And 9 more.
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Flame and Horsehead Nebula, David Hickey
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Flame and Horsehead Nebula

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Flame and Horsehead Nebula

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The Flame Nebula and Horsehead Nebula are part of the Orion molecular cloud about 1500 light years away.  The Flame Nebula and surrounding area are strong emission nebula due to the ionizing ultraviolet light from Alnitak.  The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula that obscures a portion of this region.

The R, G, and B masters were integrated to create a synthetic luminance, which was processed separately and then applied to the RGB.  The H-Alpha data was then blended into the RGB image using PixelMath.

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Flame and Horsehead Nebula, David Hickey