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| Date: 25/10/2019 |
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Name: Horsehead Region in Orion The large blueish star to the centre left is
Alnitak.
The rightmost star (from southern hemisphere) of the belt of Orion.
Below Alnitak is the "Flaiming Tree" nebula, NGC2024.
To the right of Alnitak is the famous dark dust in the shape
of a horse head, Barnard 33. The horse head nebula is 1,400
light years from earth. This lies in front of the large whispy
red emmission nebula, IC434.
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| Location: Watson's Way WA | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Camera: Canon 40D - LP Filter Removed | Alignment Method: Automatic | |
| Optics: Skywatcher ED80. | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Exposure: 1600ASA - 40 x 300 Seconds | RGB BKG Cal: Yes | |
| Total Exposure: 3 Hours 21 Minutes. | Per Channel Cal: Yes | |
| Guiding: DSI on Mead LX200R. | Method: Auto Adaptive Weighted Average (Iterations = 5) | |
| Filter: | Darks: No | |
| Focus: Bahtinov Mask | Flat: No | |
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| RA (J2000): 05 h 41.012 Min | Levels, Colour Balance, Curves, Saturation Scaling, jpeg Conversion. | |
| DEC (J2000): +-2 Deg 22.697 Min | ||
| Constellation: Orion | ||
| Distance: 1,600 Light Years |
