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The Golden Horsehead and Orion Nebulae, Antoine Grelin
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Completely shocked to get this APOD of the Orion Nebula and Horsehead Nebula today… almost FOUR YEARS after imaging it! Wow! I guess there is always hope when it comes to APOD! 😅🥳🍾
Link: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240910.html

I quickly reprocessed the data this week after getting the email from APOD so that the featured image could be even better, as processing techniques have become better since the last time I touched this data! This wide-field picture of the Orion and Horsehead Nebulae was taken from our backyard in Las Vegas and totals 30 hours of integration time.

We made two versions of it, an HOO (all blue) version, and this one in regular SHO. With 30 hours of exposure time with a small refractor and the QHY600M, you can see so much dust and details all over the field of view! 

Thrilled to have this image finally selected as our 4th NASA APOD. I remember being very proud of this pic 3+ years ago and was hoping to get APOD soooo bad then! This feels right!

Blog post about this image: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ic-434-the-horsehead-flame-nebulae

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The Golden Horsehead and Orion Nebulae, Antoine Grelin