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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Celestron EdgeHD 11
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mount:CGEM DX
Software:SharpCap Pro SharpCap, GIMP, Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker
Accessories:Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2, Deep Space Products TEMP-est, Astrozap Celestron 11 Heated Dew Shield
Resolution: 4043x2809
Dates:Nov. 23, 2019
Frames: 8x40"
Integration: 0.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.10 days
Avg. Moon phase: 12.77%
Astrometry.net job: 3075142
RA center: 5h 40' 44"
DEC center: -2° 26' 24"
Pixel scale: 0.372 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 359.929 degrees
Field radius: 0.254
Locations: Lafayette Home, Sparta, WI, United States
Data source: Backyard
This is my second image of the Horsehead Nebula, B33, and again it has the beam of light from Alnitak.
Beam me up!
You may also note a very faint nearly horizontal streak going across the image at the lower right. That is from a satellite that was crossing the field during three of the 40-second exposures. It was very faint and very slow, but faintly flashing at a rate of approximately once per second. I'd love to know what it could have been. Given it's slow speed and its location near the celestial equator, it was likely out near geosynchronous orbit, but to be visible at all at that distance it must be reasonably large. Yet an object reasonably large is not likely to be spinning so quickly. Maybe it was a piece of shiny debris?
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