IC434: Horsehead Nebula in Orion

 


B33/IC434


Object Data

Object type: Nebula
Size: 8 x 6 arc min
Magnitude: 6.8
Constellation: Orion
Distance: 1500 light years
Notes: Monochrome image of the Horsehead nebula (B33) in Hydrogen Alpha.  The dark horsehead appears within a dense dust cloud of molecular hydrogen cataloged as IC434.

First light from a fully robotic personal observatory.

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Exposure Data

Date: 11/29/25
Location: Lockwood Observatories, Descanso, CA
Telescope: DSI RC10c; fl 1867; f/7.3
Camera: FLI 6303 with Astrodon filters
Mount: AP 1100 CP3
Exposure times: 3nm Astrodon Ha filter: 16 x 15 min
Luminance filter 1x15min
Exposure time total: 4 hours
Notes:
FOV =  48.9 x 35 arc min
Image scale = 0.99"/pixel

   

 

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