Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 434  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion B  ·  Sh2-277  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)
Horse Head Nebula Region [HaRGB], Dean Carr
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Horse Head Nebula Region [HaRGB]

Horse Head Nebula Region [HaRGB], Dean Carr
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Horse Head Nebula Region [HaRGB]

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This picture includes two of the most photographed nebulas in the sky, including the Horse Head Nebula (IC434) and the Flame Nebula (NGC2024). Also within the frame is NGC2023 and the star Alnitak. Alnitak is very bright and is one of the three stars that form the ‘belt’ in the constellation of Orion.

The picture was formed by combining individual images taken with two cameras. The QSI683 WSG-8 camera was used to image ionised Hydrogen (Ha), the QHY10 one-shot colour camera was used to take RGB images.

The image was fully processed in PixInsight. Ha was used to augment the RGB image to form a single HaRGB picture. A very bright outer halo around Alnitak was partly moderated during processing. The finalized picture was re-sampled by 120% for aesthetic reasons.

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Horse Head Nebula Region [HaRGB], Dean Carr