IC434

Horsehead Nebula (B33)

IC434

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Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

Date

December 15, 2007

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 12x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1800mm @f/9

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL 4, CCDStack, Photoshop cs3