The Horse and the Flame
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The Easternmost jewel on Orion's belt is brilliant Alnitak, a bright star that bombards NGC 2024 The Flame Nebula with ultraviolet light, causing the gases to glow and form a brilliant orange flame. Nearby, a cloud of dust is illuminated from behind by emission nebula IC434 to create a strikingly horsehead-like silhouette.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 11 | |
| Captured: | 2021-03-31 to 2021-12-02 | |
| Lights: | 1000 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 2 h | |
| Ra: | 5h 40m 57.3s | |
| Dec: | -2° 08' 22.034 | |
| Size: | 65.738 x 36.687 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.627 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.688 arcsec/pixel |
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