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QSI 520 -

Horsehead and Flame Nebula

Objects Information
Objects in image from left to right

• Constellation: Orion
• IC431 clipped on left edge
• IC432
• NGC2024 Flame Nebula
  • Wikipedia Flame Nebula
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Flame Nebula Close-Up
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Flame Nebula in Infrared
• NGC2023
• IC435
• IC434, Barnard 33 Horsehead Nebula
  • Wikipedia Horsehead Nebula
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Horsehead Nebula
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Reflections on the Horsehead Nebula

Image Information

• Field of view: 115.7 arcminutes wide x 86.8 arcminutes high at 4.34 arcsec/pix
• Image reduced from 1600x1200 to 1200x900 for website
• North is left and west is top
• Exposure: 12 images x 480 seconds per image (96 minutes total)
• CCD-TEMP: -30°C
• Astronomik Type IIc Luminance filter
• Guided

Observing Information

• OBS-Location: Oregon Star Party (OSP), OR USA
• DATE-Local = August 31, 2008
• TIME-Local of first image = 3:03 AM
• TIME-Local of last image = 4:51 AM
• Object was low on the horzion starting at 9 degrees altitude at 3:03 AM rising to 27 degrees at 4:51 AM
• Twilight started at 4:43 AM

Imaging Equipment

• QSI 520 CCD Camera on Pentax 75mm SDHF APO Refractor

Imaging Processing

• AIP4WIN V2.2
• Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL V5.02
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 10.0.1
• Noel Carboni Photoshop Astronomy Tools V1.5

Monitor Test Pattern

The following test pattern is to help you adjust your monitor to best view the CCD astro images. The test pattern is used for adjusting monitor brightness, and contrast. Adjust monitor brightness and contrast to see all 16 gray scale levels. The most important adjustment when viewing astro images is to see the differences in all of the black bands.

© 1998-2008 David Haworth