Wallpaper author:
Simon Bakewell
17 May 2023
Horsehead Nebula IC434
The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex
Dataset from which the image was processed
B33
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 85.2458 Dec -2.45833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Dec 2019 - 23 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 434 | 3h8m | 26 |
| Green | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Red | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Blue | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Halpha | 708 | 4h55m | 25 |