IC434_Version 2024 (dreamdeepsky)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 50 Ori) · 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · HD37633 · HD37641 · HD37661 · HD37662 · HD37699 · HD37805 · HD37806 · HD37903 · Horsehead nebula · IC 434 · LBN 953 · LBN 954 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · Orion B · Sh2-277 · The star Alnitak (ζ Ori

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This photo was taken in February 2019 and, being terribly bored because the weather in Switzerland has been terrible for several months, I wanted to reprocess this same photo with my current knowledge. The result is incredible, on the 2024 version, so the first photo you see, the details are much more visible but not only that, the colors also sound more vivid and the turn of the stars much more real.
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 and IC434 ) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It is located approximately 1500 light years from earth. The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula on the left hand side of the Horsehead.
Photo faites avc un réfracteur SW Esprit 120mm avec son correcteur, une caméra moravian G2-8300 Monochromatique et des filtre Baader RVBHa. Le tout posés sur une monture SW AZEQ6 assistée par un autoguidage
Total exposure 6.75 hours
Processing in 2019 with PixInsigt and Photoshop
Processing in 2024 with PixInsigt and Photoshop

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9623239
PixInsight job	4Z0K3OTUSVLU1NFZJSXAJR5HUN5BIQHL
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h40m56s.40
RA (top/left)	05h39m23s.67
RA (top/right)	05h39m17s.77
RA (bottom/right)	05h42m28s.51
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m34s.18

Dec (center)	-02°11′40″.8
Dec (top/left)	-01°36′41″.8
Dec (top/right)	-02°45′39″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°46′39″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	-01°37′42″.4

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