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I spent several evenings imaging this target to bring out the detail that surrounds the horse, including wispy filaments of interstellar dust and the rippling red curtain behind it.
Fire and Water: IC434 and NGC2023
I have a lot of images that target this nebula, but this is a favorite of mine. I processed it with the goal of preserving as much detail in the dusty foreground as possible.
⭐ The Dusty Horse
A black and white image of the Horsehead nebula and nearby NGC2023.
⭐ Horsehead sans color
To bring in 2023, I took a high resolution of NGC2023, an often overlooked nebulae that sprawls just beneath the famous Horsehead nebula (IC434.
⭐ NGC2023 and the Horse for 2023
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.
⭐ The Horse and the Flame 2023
An Optolong L-Extreme filter helped bring out the rich red that gives this deep sky object the lesser known name of Flame Nebula.
The Red and the Horsehead.
A black and white rendering of the detailed nebulosity around Orion's belt.
⭐ Horse and Flame sans color
A combination of new images for the Flame and Horsehead nebulae.
Orion's Belt: Another Take
Beautiful and brilliant colors abound in the swirls of intergalactic dust lit by stellar jewels in the region of constellation Orion's belt.
⭐ Orion's jeweled belt at 336mm
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 Horse and the Flame
First long exposure using my CGEM-II mount.
The many nebulae of Orion.
A capture of Orion's belt.
Orion's Belt
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!
Orion's Belt New Year 2022
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.
IC434 NGC2024: The Horse and the Flame
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.
The Horse and the Flame
Although we tend to refer to IC434 as the Horsehead Nebula, it's actually an emission nebula hidden behind the Horsehead nebula. The latter is made up of dark dust that is illuminated by the former. This framing honors the beauty and grace of the horse's silhouette, but I'm working on a mosaic that captures the broader area to include the Flame Nebula (NGC2024).
IC434: The Nebula Behind the Horsehead
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