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the horsehead and flame nebulas
IC 434 the horsehead nebula and ngc 2024
part of the orion molecular cloud,located about 1350 light years away. The cloud is a giant star forming region in the constelaltion orion. The bright star is Alnitak,one of the stars in the belt of orion.
This from a total of 23 hours of exposure tie over several nights in my backyard.
the halos around Alnitak is casued by the filter i use on nebulas. one day ill get a better filter but they are expensive ($350 +)
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