Fire and Ghosts
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The bright star Alnitak glows next to the brilliant orange Flame Nebula, NGC2024. Instead of the more popular framing with the Horsehead Nebula, I tried something different and framed it with M78, the dusty reflection nebula in the lower left. This is the result.
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Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-02-14 to 2023-02-14 | |
| Lights: | 32 | |
| Exposure: | 300 | |
| Total exposure: | 2 h | |
| Ra: | 5h 44m 12.2s | |
| Dec: | -0° 43' 49.364 | |
| Size: | 161.27 x 110.468 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.629 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.426 arcsec/pixel |