NGC2024: The Flame Nebula
This work is licensed under:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
If you wish to use the work for commercial purposes, contact me with the details.
Navigation: NGC7293: The Helix Nebula « Back to Gallery » M42: The Great Orion Nebula and NGC1977: The Running Man Nebula
Image © 2022 — 2025 DSW Galleries, LLC. All rights reserved.
The star ζ Orionis (Alnitak) is the leftmost star on the constellation Orion's belt. It is a triple star system hosted by a blue supergiant. Next to it bursts the Flame Nebula, an emission nebular supercharged by ultraviolet rays emanating from Alnitak. Often grouped with the more iconic Horsehead Nebula (IC434), the Flame stands well on its own.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 2 | |
| Captured: | 2021-09-09 to 2021-10-08 | |
| Lights: | 211 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 35 m | |
| Ra: | 5h 41m 39.8s | |
| Dec: | -1° 49' 11.152 | |
| Size: | 53.165 x 37.751 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.543 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.515 arcsec/pixel |