IC 434 Horsehead Nebula

The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The bright star Alnitak has caused some reflections in this image - I will need to address this in the future. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth.

Image Details
Camera STL-11000M
Scope GSO 8 RC
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding 20 Sec self guided bin 2x2
Exposure Ha 4 x 20 min, total 1:20
Location Donvale
Date 2010-10-27
Coordinates RA: 05h 41m 12s
DEC: -02° 13' 01"
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IC 434 Horsehead Nebula

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG