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Took ~350 4-second 210mm of Orion's belt: Alnitak (with NGC2024 the Flame Nebula and IC434 the Horesehead Nebula), Alnilam and Mintaka. First pic of 2022!

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Telescope:   Sony ILCE-6300
Length:   210mm
Aperture:   33.33mm
F-stop:   f/6.12
Sessions:   2
Captured:   2021-10-16 to 2021-12-31
Lights:   350
Exposure:   4
Total exposure:   23 m
Ra:   5h 37m 11.9s
Dec:   -1° 38' 3.046
Size:   218.619 x 153.823 arcmin
Radius:   2.228 deg
Scale:   3.202 arcsec/pixel

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This classic pairing of well-named nebulae Horsehead and Flame is one of my favorite regions in the night sky. It has a bit of everything, from a brilliantly shining star to bright tongues of heat blazing from the Flame Nebula, to the horse head's shadow casting a silhouette on billowing intergalactic dust. I'll keep improving my technique for this target!
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.
IC434 illuminates the nearby Horsehead Nebula that rears its head in silhouette. Dominating left is the triple star system Alnitak with its main superhot blue giant centerpiece that adorns the undulating waves of NGC2024, the Flame Nebula.
A combination of new images for the Flame and Horsehead nebulae.
A capture of Orion's belt.
A black and white rendering of the detailed nebulosity around Orion's belt.

Objects in frame:

Part of the constellation Orion (Ori) The star Alnilam (εOri) The star Alnitak (ζOri) The star Mintaka (δOri) IC434 NGC2024 The star σOri IC431 IC432 NGC2023 IC435 IC423 IC426 Flame Nebula Orion B
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