IC 434 & NGC 2024, Horsehead & Flame nebulae (closeup) (Dev (Dave) Prana)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 50 Ori) · 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · HD290812 · HD290814 · HD290815 · HD294297 · HD294298 · HD294300 · HD294301 · HD294302 · HD294303 · HD294304 · HD294306 · HD294307 · HD294308 · HD294338 · HD37633 · HD37641 · HD37686 · HD37699 · HD37744 · HD37805 · HD37806 · HD37886 · HD37903 · HD37904 · HD37927 · And 9 more.

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IC 434 & NGC 2024, Horsehead & Flame nebulae (closeup)

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[left=kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q]Approx 1500 LYrs from Earth, the Horsehead Nebula, IC434 is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the orange emission nebula at the far right of the featured picture. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies in front of the bright emission nebula. 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. (Wikipedia)[/left][left=cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q]Original data Acquistion: Late Feb. 2022; total of 30 x 180sec light subs, original stack with 30 flats and 20 darks in DSS, and newly reprocessed in Pixinsight.Equipment used: Sky-Watcher ED100 Esprit triplet apo on HEQ5 Pro mount with ZWO 183MC Pro main cam with 120mini guidecam, ASI Air Pro, ZWO 32mm guidescope, Optolong L Pro filter and powered by two Jackery units.[/left]

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RA (center)	05h41m08s.949
RA (top/left)	05h39m09s.833
RA (top/right)	05h39m31s.516
RA (bottom/right)	05h43m07s.885
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m45s.935

Dec (center)	-02°25′25″.27
Dec (top/left)	-01°46′32″.40
Dec (top/right)	-03°07′46″.31
Dec (bottom/right)	-03°04′10″.39
Dec (bottom/left)	-01°43′10″.40

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