Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
Description: Dark Nebula
Common Name: Horsehead Nebula
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 2023
Barnard: 33
IC: 434
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Orion
Size: 6.0 x 4.0 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: Faint
Distance: 1,600 Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 50 x 82 Seconds
Dark Frames: 20 x 82 Seconds
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken:20/03/2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: N/A
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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