Horse Head Nebula
Horse Head Nebula: This famous Nebula with the designation Barnard 33 is part of the huge emission nebula IC 434 in the constellation of Orion. It is in a distance of 1500 LY and is also a nursery of young stars most of them still hidden in the thick dust clouds which remind us of a horses head.
The image was taken at the observatory of IAS at Hakos Farm in Namibia.
Object |
Horse Head Nebula |
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Catagory |
IAS Hakos, Namibia |
Designation |
Barnard 33 |
Constellation |
Orion |
Optics |
Keller 20 inch Cassegrain f/9 in corrected secondary focus |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
1 x 20min Baader H-alpha filter, 3 x 10min each Baader RGB filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark Frame |
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Guiding |
StarlightXpress Lodestar on Schneider OAG, Maxim DL as Guiding Software |
Mount |
Liebscher GEM |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code L:H-alpha,R/H-alpha,G,B |
Location, Date |
IAS-Hakos, Namibia - 28+29 Nov 2011 |
Remark |
