IC434/B33

"HorseHead Nebula"

Constellation- Orion

Right Ascension: 05h 41m 12 s

Declination: -2° 23' 42"

Distance: 1300 light years

Visual Brightness: 14 mag

Apparent Dimension: ~60 arc minutes

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Image information-

Date taken- December 20-21, 2005

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -30C, on a NexStar11 GPS autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- HaGB, Ha = 12 x 600 seconds binned 1x1, GB = 9 x 600 seconds each binned 1x1

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in CCDsoft Ver 5.0, color combined in AstroArt 2.0