Orion's Belt: Another Take

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A combination of new images for the Flame and Horsehead nebulae.

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Telescope:   Svbony sv503 70ED
Length:   420mm
Aperture:   70mm
F-stop:   f/6.0
Sessions:   2
Captured:   2022-01-28 to 2022-02-22
Lights:   34
Exposure:   180
Total exposure:   1 h
Ra:   5h 41m 0.7s
Dec:   -2° 21' 59.951
Size:   92.449 x 113.814 arcmin
Radius:   1.222 deg
Scale:   0.944 arcsec/pixel

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The scene of the horse and the flame has always been one of my favorites even as one of the most popular targets. It contains a bit of everything; dust and dark nebulae, reflection and emission nebulae, bright stars and brilliant colors. I grabbed some extra time on this target last night. Here's my latest incarnation.
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.
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!
A capture of Orion's belt.
A black and white rendering of the detailed nebulosity around Orion's belt.

Objects in frame:

Flame Nebula IC432 IC434 IC435 NGC2023 NGC2024 Orion B The star Alnitak (ζOri) The star σOri
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