Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  46 Ori)  ·  48 Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (ε Ori  ·  The star Alnitak (ζ Ori  ·  The star σ Ori
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IC 434, Horsehead Nebula, Jeroen Boumans
IC 434, Horsehead Nebula
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IC 434, Horsehead Nebula

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IC 434, Horsehead Nebula, Jeroen Boumans
IC 434, Horsehead Nebula
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IC 434, Horsehead Nebula

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Had two hours before the dutch clouds came back so I tried the Horsehead Nebula, IC 434. Didn't have much time to gather lots of data but was very excited to get started with this one. Might upload a revision in the future! ;) 

Process involved WBPP (mono), DynamicCrop, DynamicBackgroundExtraction, MultiscaleLinearTransform (with masks powered by ExtractWaveletLayers), ChannelCombination on RGB, ImageSolver, PhotometricColorCalibration, BlurXTerminator, HistogramTransformation. RGB + Luminance merging and curves adjustments were done in Photoshop.

Setup contains ASI533mm Pro, RedCat 51, HEQ5 Pro, ASI120mm S (for auto-guiding) and ASIAir ✨

🔭 Clear skies everyone!

Lights (12h, 50min): 10 x L, 10 x R, 10 x G, 8 x B of 180 seconds each,
Dark x 20,
Master bias frame

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IC 434, Horsehead Nebula, Jeroen Boumans