Hello everyone,
here's an image I managed just prior to Christmas, it's the flame nebula in Orion.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas,
the skies are clearing!!
Paul Mayo
The Flame Nebula - NGC 2024
and NGC 2023 and IC 432.
Discovered by William Herschel, the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), is located west of the bright star Alnitak (Zeta Orionis). In the constellation of Orion, three bright stars trace the belt of the mythological hunter, Alnitak is the west most star. The Flame Nebula is an emission nebula excited into producing light from the intense radiation it receives from the star Alnitak.
At the bottom-right of this image is the bright white-blue reflection nebula NGC 2023. At the top-middle of this image is a bright blue star which appears to be associated with the faint-blue reflection nebula IC 432.
Paul Mayo
Higher Resolution Image
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/NGC%202024b.html
Image Details
Field of View ~45 x 33 arc-minutes.
Orientation North is toward top of this image.
Telescope 304mm f/5 reflector telescope, hand guided.
Camera Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel.
Exposures 3 x 2-minute exposures @ ISO-1600.
3 x 6-minute exposures @ ISO-200.
Total Exposure time 24 minutes.
Sky Conditions Seeing: 9/10 (very good seeing),
Wind: 1/10 Moisture: 0/10.
Ambient Temperature ~ 28° C.
Notes used Baader Coma Corrector.
Image date (Local) 2005-Dec-23
- Paul