Barnard 33 The Horsehead Nebula (Patrick Graham)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: B33 · Flame Nebula · HD290814 · HD290815 · HD294297 · HD294298 · HD294301 · HD294302 · HD294303 · HD294304 · HD294306 · HD294307 · HD37686 · HD37699 · HD37744 · HD37805 · HD37806 · HD37903 · HD37904 · HD37927 · Horsehead nebula · IC 434 · LBN 953 · LBN 954 · NGC 2023 · Orion B · Sh2-277

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Barnard 33 The Horsehead Nebula

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Barnard 33 The Horsehead Nebula

This is my take on a favorite, the Horsehead Nebula. Located about 1375 years from Earth, this nebula is part of the Orion molecular cloud. I processed two iterations of this; one having a more orangish color with tighter stars, and this one posted; which shows a little more detail in the nebulosity surrounding the horse's head. Also, I used the star reduction process to eliminate some of the background stars to focus attention on the nebula itself. However, I wasn't able to completely eliminate the halo surrounding star below the horse's head. Again, seeing conditions were pretty good and my new ZWO AM5 with the ASI Air+ performed flawlessly. Autoguiding was spot on. Any glitches were user induced. I'll add that imaging this target was accompished during a near full moon using an Optlong L E-nhance filter. As usual, please comment with any tips, techniques, or criticisms as I'm still developing my processing skills. Thanks for looking in and please have a safe holiday season and prosperous new year.

Clear skies,

Pat

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Title: Barnard 33 The Hosehead Nebula

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Title: Horsehead Nebula

Description: Reprocessed using the RC-Astro's NoiseXTerminator and Blur Exterminator. Much less graininess and more detail in the surrounding nebulosity.

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Description: Just a slight shift to eliminate a subtle green tint. Also, increased the blue saturation to bright and enhance the stars and small nebula below the horsehead.

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RA (center)	05h40m57s.669
RA (top/left)	05h39m13s.180
RA (top/right)	05h40m09s.460
RA (bottom/right)	05h42m42s.281
RA (bottom/left)	05h41m46s.237

Dec (center)	-02°30′01″.25
Dec (top/left)	-02°07′19″.62
Dec (top/right)	-03°02′26″.92
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°52′41″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	-01°57′36″.30

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