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Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO)
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Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO)

Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO)
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Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO)

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The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the larger Orion molecular cloud complex. The dark nebula is visible against H2 emission nebula (IC 434). This image is processed by combining 36 x 10 minute exposures (12 in each in Ha, S2 and O3). That's a total of 6 hours of exposure done over 5 nights. The number of subs each night was limited because Orion was sliding into thick city light pollution.

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    Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy
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Horsehead Nebula in Hubble Palette (SHO), Arun Venkataswamy