Horsehead and Flame nebula

Miroslav Horvat

Petrova gora, Croatia

Optics: SW ED80/FF x0.85
Camera: Qhy8 color
Mount and guidng: NEQ6 Pro, SW 9×50 finderguider
Guding camera: Qhy5L-IIc
Exposure: 11x900s
Software: PHD2, Nebulosity, Pixinsight 1.8, PS CS6

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion’s Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

2016-11-29T00:00:00