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Barnard 33, Carl Tremblay
Barnard 33
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Barnard 33

Barnard 33, Carl Tremblay
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Barnard 33

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Here is Barnard 33 or the Horsehead Nebula taken over 2 sessions.

This nebula, located 1600 light-years away, was discovered for the first time in 1888 by Williamina Fleming on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory and observed since by the Hubble and Herschel space telescopes. The darkness of the horse's head is caused by the presence of a dense cloud of gas and dust. The latter strongly absorbs the visible radiation emitted by the ionized gas in the background (red in the photo)

We also see the flame nebula in the lower left.

Bortle 9 sky in Ville LaSalle
115 x 120 seconds for a total integration of 3 hours 40 min.
50DOF
Omni XLT 150 + Optolong L-Pro Filter + MPCC Baader
HEQ5 Pro Rowan Mod.
SVBony 60mm with ZWO ASI120MM mini for guiding
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Gain 101 / Offset 70 / Temp -10c
Sequence taken with N.I.N.A.
Process Pixinsight

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Barnard 33, Carl Tremblay

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