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IC434 (HORSEHEAD NEBULA)

IC434 (HORSEHEAD NEBULA)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Orion
  • Location: RA: 05h 40m 54s Dec: -02d 28m 00s Epoch 2000
  • Type: Diffuse/Dark Nebula
  • AKA: B33
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 14 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 x 5 minutes R/G/B, all binned 3x3
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 11/09/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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