Tuesday, September 26, 2006

IC434 Horsehead Nebula / NGC2024 Flame Nebula


©2006 Richard Murray

Techno Stuff: 9/26/06 ATK-16hr coupled to Minolta 140mm Telephoto Lens at F/5.6 piggybacked on LX90 8" SCT, Ha Filter, 7 x 600 secs autoguided, darks applied, Binning 1x1, Processed in Registax 3, Photoshop CS, PixInsight

Notes: The large star in the upper right corner is Alnitak (Mag. 2.0) which is part of the belt in the Orion Constellation.

2 comments:

Annie said...

Wow! That is gorgeous. It looks so organic and alive.... well, I guess that is what we are made of, star stuff, right? I think Carl Sagan said that. Anyway, beautiful photo.

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Annie said...

Wow, beautiful photo. It looks so organic. But then, that's what we are made of, star stuff, right? Wasn't it Carl Sagan who said that?
Anyway, nice photo.

A