The Flame Nebula NGC 2024 (With Alnitak) (Steven E Labkoff, MD)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 50 Ori) · 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · HD290812 · NGC 2024 · The star Alnitak (ζ Ori

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The Flame Nebula NGC 2024 (With Alnitak)

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I’ve finally had some astro time at the observatory!

May I present the Flame Nebula - near Alnitak in Orion’s Belt. Alnitak is the third star on the left side of the belt. The Flame Nebula is next door to the Horse Head nebula. It is also known as NGC 2024.

From Wikipedia:
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away.

The bright star Alnitak (ζ Ori), the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this knocks electrons away from the great clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there. Much of the glow results when the electrons and ionized hydrogen recombine. Additional dark gas and dust lies in front of the bright part of the nebula and this is what causes the dark network that appears in the center of the glowing gas. The Flame Nebula is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex, a star-forming region that includes the famous Horsehead Nebula.

At the center of the Flame Nebula is a cluster of newly formed stars,[3] 86% of which have circumstellar disks.[4] X-ray observations by the Chandra X-ray Observatory[5][6] show several hundred young stars, out of an estimated population of 800 stars.[7] X-ray and infrared images indicate that the youngest stars are concentrated near the center of the cluster.[8][9]

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Target: The Flame Nebula
Date: 12/13/2022
Place: The Westport Astronomical Society’s Observatory

Lights: 67 @ 75s w/o any filters
Darks: 40
Flats: 40
Flat Darks: 40
Bias: 110

Camera: Nikon D750a
Telescope: 14” Celestron EdgeHD
Mount: Astrophysics 1200 GTO
Guide Scope: 102 mm refractor
Filter: None
Software - Integration: PixInsight
Software - Guiding: PHD2
Software - Finishing: Photoshop, NIK Tools

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RA (center)	05h41m35s.132
RA (top/left)	05h42m48s.624
RA (top/right)	05h40m30s.893
RA (bottom/right)	05h40m21s.882
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m39s.573

Dec (center)	-01°50′36″.62
Dec (top/left)	-01°40′08″.48
Dec (top/right)	-01°36′59″.27
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°01′03″.59
Dec (bottom/left)	-02°04′13″.69

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