Horsehead Nebula

 Horsehead Nebula Barnard 33 taken from Staffordshire, UK by Nigel Armitage in May 2024.

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most iconic deep-sky objects there is. Located in Orion, it’s formed by a finger of dark nebulosity projecting in front of bright emission nebula IC 434. The finger resembles the silhouette of a horse’s head, similar to the side-on profile of a classic knight chess piece.

The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1,375 light-years from Earth.

This is one of my earliest pieces of work, it is not a good image at all.
I could not see it for long  due to my location.
But, I was very happy to get even something.
It is an image that I had taken that I recognised.
The quality is compounded by my lack of processing skills at the time.
Poor quality aside, I was really happy to get this.

It was taken  in a Bortle 5 Sky.

The equipment used was:
Equipment Used:
Williams Optics Redcat 71
ASI ZWO240MC Pro OSC
Dual Narrowband Filter
ZWO AM5

The image was processed using Siril and Photoshop.

Orion Constellation Map. Credit: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine 

(Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). License: CC 4

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