IC434

Horsehead Nebula (B33)

IC434

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Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

Date

February 18, 2009

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 9x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1764mm @f/6.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

JMI Motofocus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop