Wallpaper author:
Martin Wink
16 Dec 2021
NGC 2023 & IC 434
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) 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
7 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 85.37133 Dec -2.32686
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................04 Dec 2021 - 20 Apr 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 760 | 3h10m | 15 |
| Red | 557 | 2h10m | 14 |
| Green | 557 | 2h10m | 14 |
| Blue | 514 | 2h | 14 |