Alnitak Region - Close up

                        [Horsehead & Flame Nebulas]

 Emission Nebula

 In constellation Orion

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This region is part of the great molecular cloud complex

within Orion located around 1,500 light years away. It is

240 light years across and is estimated to be 300,000 years old.

The bright star Alnitak, NGC 2024 Flame Nebula

& IC434 Horsehead Nebula are shown.

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RA 05^h 41^m 05.00^s : DEC +01° 51′ 00.0″

This region has a mag (brightness) of 1.0 to 14.0

and its size is 160'.0

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Imaging Scope : Takahashi Epsilon 160

Focal Length = 530mm

Imaging Camera : Canon EOS 400 DSLR

EQ6 Pro GEM Mount

Guide Scope : William Optics Megrez 80FD

Guide Camera : GSTAR-EX Video

Manually Guided [image cropped to fit]

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24 x 210 second exposures [84 minutes]

at ISO 800. Imaged in 1/2 moon lit skies

Baldrine, Isle of Man, British Isles. 21:30 on 22/01/2010.