B33 - Horsehead Nebula / IC 434, NGC2024 - Flame Nebula, NGC2023

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Description

B33: dark nebula, size: 6'x4'; IC434 emissions nebula, size: 60'x10'; NGC2024: emission nebula, size: 30'x30'; NGC2023: emission and reflection nebula, size: 10'x10'

All objects in the constellation Orion. The bright star on the left side is ζ Orionis

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Date

February 16 & 18 & 20, 2004

Telescope

Pentax 75 SDHF @f/6.7 (f=500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -25°C

Exposure

L(=Hα)RGB: 5x1200s+3x900s (1x1) / 4x600s (2x2) / 4x600s (2x2) / 3x600s (2x2)

Localisation

Kriftel / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Bad Conditions, light pollution, Fringe Killer Filter

Note

LRGB exposure (above), L = Hα exposure (below)

Image Processing

Full calibration, pre-processing with MaxIm, final processing with Photoshop