Yet Another HorseHead IC434, NGC2023

[PRejto]

Located in the constellation of Orion the Horsehead is part of a dense cloud of gas in front of an active star-forming nebula known as IC434. The nebulosity is illuminated by Sigma Orionis (HD37699) located directly abouve IC434. The Horsehead is located at a distance of~ 1,600 light-years.

The data is 2 years old. I got so frustrated processing the image in 2023 that I gave up. Altinak flares traversed the whole image. This is the final image from my trusty Moravian G2-8300 that just decided to die a few months ago.

17.5 hrs of data (10 hrs Ha) from Jan/Feb 2023 with a TEC180fl, FRC, G2-8300, Astronomik filters.

Special thanks to Niall MacNeill and Rodney Watters for help in finalizing the image.

Full size here: https://www.astrobin.com/full/ytnacb/C/

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
that's another top quality image -
the standards are now so high in this Ice in Space forum.

cheers
Allan

[gregbradley]

That's a stunner Peter. Really well done.

Greg.

[Benjamin]

Beautiful and love the blending of the Ha :-)

[astronobob]

One of the most detailed horses i've seen probably ever in this forum,,

[gregbradley]

You can never have too many Horseheads Peter!

It could be argued to be THE premium astro deep sky object. Certainly it is recognised very well by the broad public.

Greg.

[PRejto]

Thank you all for your generous comments....a nice surprise given I'd totally given up on ever having a useful image from this data. I'm sad about the death of the Moravian camera but, also see how clearly better my new Player One Poseidon M is in just about every way. RIP

[Dave882]

Absolutely stunning detail Peter. I’m so glad you could finalise the project!!

[Ryderscope]

Congratulations Peter on rescuing your data from the archives and producing a stunning image.