Horsehead Nebula

Details

Equipment used

Object Details

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most popular targets in the night sky. This region is very diverse and contains emission nebulae, dark nebulae and reflection nebulae.

The Horsehead itself is a darknebula in right in the center of this image. It is catalogued as Barnard 33. Right below this dark nebula is NGC 2023, a reflection nebula. Also just below the bright star Alnitak is the so called Flame Nebula or NGC 2024.

Setup
Refractor Setup

Telescope / Camera Lens
William Optics Zenithstar61II

Camera
ZWO ASI 183MM Pro

Mount
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro

Filter
Astronomik Ha & LRGB

Integration Time
Ha: 28 x 600s
Lum: 280 x 60s
RGB: 312 x 120s
Total: 19 h 52 min

Comments
This is a LHaRGB Image.

Type of Main Object
Emission Nebula & Dark Nebula

Constellation
Orion

Observation Site
Goldau, CH
Bortle Class 4

Date
22. January - 8. February 2022

annotated

normal

Astrophotography by Sven Arnold

Sven Arnold
Tennmattstrasse 22
6410 Goldau, SZ
Switzerland

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