The Horsehead and Flame nebulae by AstronomyMan
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Finally got an image of my favorite nebulae, the Horsehead nebula (coz it looks like the chess piece) and the Flame Nebula (coz it looks like a Flame). The really bright star is Alnitak, the lefthand star in Orion's Belt.
Imaging details are on the picture. Was taken with a small 80mm achromatic refractor using an Orion Starshoot CCD camera.
The Horse head Nebula is a dark cloud that is obscuring part of a bright refection nebula behind it.
Comments (8)
lwperkins
Wow, that is a lot of detail for a home pic--gorgeous!
TwoPynts
Wow, quite nice! I wouldn't even know where to begin to capture stellar images such as this. Nice to see you posting again. Be sure to keep an eye our for meteors this weekend! :)
AstronomyMan
DUCK - Incoming
mamabobbijo
Where? In the US or UK? Love the image! Amazing to think you can stand on the surface of the Earth and get such an amazing shot of a piece in a chess game between the Gods! Thanks for sharing! BJ
jared99
Awesome work!
babuci
Na this is way too cool. You know my favorite stars is the "Orion belt"? Thank You! Those constelation look so amazing too!
cshark
What kind of scope are you using (C8 ?) Nice shot
TomDart
Thanks for the link. I truly appreciate seeing the astronomy photos here. It seems we are blessed with a few folks who are patient enough, savvy enough to get these fine images. Thanks for this one.