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| The Horsehead Nebula is a cold dark collection of interstellar gas and dust, that blocks the light of the emission nebula behind it. The streaks of light are originating from the brilliant star Anilak, which is just outside of the field of view. The image on the right was taken with an ST9 CCD camera through a 16" telescope as a combination of 20 exposures, each 30 seconds long, at New Mexico Skies Observatory. The image below was taken from home through an 8" telescope with a "reducer" to give a 50% larger view. I used an ST10-XME camera, combining 30 monochrome exposures of 3 minutes each. Only my monochrome images came out, so I used Adobe Photoshop to "paint-in" the proper colors. One year later, I succeded in obtaining a full color image. This new wider field image included the adjacent flame nebula, and can be seen by clicking HERE. |
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