IC434

"The Horsehead Nebula"

Constellation- Orion

Right Ascension: 05h 41m 12s

Declination: -2° 23' 42"

Distance: 1300 light years

Visual Brightness: 14 mag.

Apparent Dimension(entire area): ~ 60 arc minutes

Image info:

Date- January 23, 2003

Telescope/Focal length/Camera- NexStar11GPS @ f/7, SBIG ST-8XE NABG @ -25C autoguided with CDDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- 4 x 900 seconds plus 1 x 600seconds

Processing: Flats and darks. Aligned and conbined in CCDSoft Ver 5.00.