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Alnitak and the Horsehead Nebula


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Orion's Belt - centered on "Alnitak", a 1.7 magnitute tripple star at one end of the belt. Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula.Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian. Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT MountOrion 80mm f5 guide scope and auto guider - PHD2. Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter.Nikon D5300 (unmodified).Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90.UHC-S - 19 x 2min ISO400 (12bit NEF, Long Exp. NR on).5 October 14.reprocessed Sept. 2015

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Thanks Scott.  Astrophotography is an extremely frustrating hobby, what with clouds, wind, street lights, the moon and of course more clouds; but its all worth it when one manages to produce an image of one of these very dim and far off wonders.

Cheers

Mike

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