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Astrophotography © Brian A. Morganti

IC 434 / Barnard 33 - Horsehead &

NGC 2024 Flame Nebulae

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The Horsehead Nebula is actually an intervening cloud of dust in the shape of a horse's head (B33) silhouetted against the large waterfall shaped deep red emission nebula IC434. The Flame Nebula (left) is also known as NGC 2024 and is another region of glowing hydrogen gas in the shape of a flame or burning bush.  

IMAGE DETAILS:

  • Date & Location:  October 21, 2009 - Bernville, PA

  • Weather:  Calm wind - 37F.

  • Sky Conditions:  Clear with average transparency. 

  • Optics:  TeleVue TV60is Refractor (360mm -f/6) with field flattener.

  • Filter:  Hutech IDAS-LPS (Light Pollution Suppression)

  • Mount:  Losmandy G-11 equatorial with Gemini V4

  • Guiding:  None

  • Camera:  Canon T1i (500D) Hap Griffin Modified - Baader UV/IR

  • Exposure:  24 min (6 x 4 min) @ ISO 800, RAW

  • Calibration Frames:  In camera dark frame subtraction

  • Processing:  Photoshop CS4, Noise Ninja, NIK 

  • Comments:  This is one of my first light images that was tracked, but not guided.  Star Trailing resulted in part due to an off center polar alignment scope reticle and the need for Periodic Error Correction (PEC).

 

                                                                        

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