My first Horsehead Nebula (HR_Maurer)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 48 sig Ori · 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · Horsehead nebula · IC 431 · IC 432 · IC 434 · IC 435 · LBN 944 · LBN 946 · LBN 953 · LBN 954 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · Orion · Orion B · Sh2-277 · The star Alnitak (ζOri) · The star σOri · VdB51

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My first Horsehead Nebula

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My first Horsehead Nebula

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This winter i finally wanted to get this motiv. Wintertime is always difficult in western Germoney: Foggy and cloudy weather, sometimes non-stop from beginning of October to March. In the same time, it is a season with so many beautiful objects, it's always hard to decide which one to pick. In the last days of February, i finally was lucky!

I already did one short and unfinished attempt of the Horsehead last year, from my terrace in the city. I found this is really not an easy object due to the bright stars Alnitak and Alnilam, which tend to produce huge spikes and haloes.

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Description: removed some green hues
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RA (center)	05h40m38s.590
RA (top/left)	05h43m14s.505
RA (top/right)	05h38m14s.220
RA (bottom/right)	05h38m02s.532
RA (bottom/left)	05h43m03s.550

Dec (center)	-02°13′51″.11
Dec (top/left)	-01°28′32″.90
Dec (top/right)	-01°26′12″.58
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°59′04″.67
Dec (bottom/left)	-03°01′19″.54

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