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HorseHead Nebula 31st October 2014.jpg

31st October 2014

HORSEHEAD

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much largerOrion Cloud Molecular Complex.
The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth.

Telescope: SW200p

Guide Scope: SW ST80 with Orion

Mount: NEQ6 Pro

Camera: Modified Canon 550d

Lights, Darks, Bias 4 x 600sec iso1600

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