Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  48 sig Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Orion  ·  Orion B  ·  Sh2-277  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star σOri  ·  VdB51
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the Alnitak Region, Malcolm Park
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Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula. The entire field glows in Ha emission with blue reflection nebulae NGC2023 and IC435.

6 hours of Luminance binned 1x1, 2 hours each of RGB binned 2x2 and 10 hours of Ha binned 1x1.

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the Alnitak Region, Malcolm Park