IC434

Horsehead Nebula

IC434

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Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

Date

September 3, 2021

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Ha 8x15, Lum 8x5, R 6x5, G 5x5, B 6x5 (bin 1x1)

Notes

Ha and Lum mixed as Luminance layer

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-6303E

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon 3nm Ha, Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop