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Richard Higby Astrophotography
Barnard 33- - The Horsehead Nebula in Orion is a dark nebula in the constallation of Orion.
Discovered on a photographic plate in 1888 by Scottish Astronomer Williamina Fleming. Very identifiable by the shape of the dark gas in the shape of a horses head!
Distance: 1,500 light years
Image Detail: (Taken during 2007 - one of my first colour images)
Scope: Williams Megrez 90mm @ F/6.9 (FL=621mm)
Camera: ST2000XMC @ -20 deg C.
Guiding: Internal with CCDSoft
Exposures: Colour 1 x 2400 seconds
Binning: 1x1
Processing: Images Plus / Ps CS / - Cropped image.
Location: North Sydney suburban backyard.
Discovered on a photographic plate in 1888 by Scottish Astronomer Williamina Fleming. Very identifiable by the shape of the dark gas in the shape of a horses head!
Distance: 1,500 light years
Image Detail: (Taken during 2007 - one of my first colour images)
Scope: Williams Megrez 90mm @ F/6.9 (FL=621mm)
Camera: ST2000XMC @ -20 deg C.
Guiding: Internal with CCDSoft
Exposures: Colour 1 x 2400 seconds
Binning: 1x1
Processing: Images Plus / Ps CS / - Cropped image.
Location: North Sydney suburban backyard.
