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Horsehead nebula, Thomas Ammann
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Horsehead nebula

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Horsehead nebula

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Horsehead Nebula

emission and dark nebulae near 1600 AL in Orion's belt.

12.4h total:
92 x 120 s LRGB,
11 x Ha,
52 x 420 s OSC

(Tak FSQ-85 and FSQ-106, ZWO 2600 and ZWO 2400, bin 1, -20 deg).

This is an experiment: the mixture in Pixelmath of Ha, LRGB and OSC images (3 x 1/3) is convincing - the best part of each image is highlighted!

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Horsehead nebula, Thomas Ammann