Object: IC434 Horsehead Nebula

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Object name: IC 434
Magnitude: 30.0
Equatorial: RA: 05h 41m 32s Dec: -02°26'27"(current)
Equatorial 2000: RA: 05h 41m 00s Dec: -02°26'40"
Size: 60.0 x 60.0
Object type: Nebula
Source catalog: Revised IC
Constellation: ORI
Remarks: Horsehead nebula
Dreyer description : Nebula, 60' long, south from zeta Ori.

Object
IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula
Camera CCD-Labs Q453HR
Pixel size:

Square 7.8um x 7.8um

Image format:

3032(h) x 2016(v) ~ 6.11M pixels

Image Area:

23.4mm(h) x 15.6mm(v) APS film equivalent

Equipment Orion Atlas Mount, EQMOD, Vixen ED130SS fl 860mm, William Optics 70mm Guidescope, Orion SS Autoguider
Date & Place 2/15/2010 Mt Pinos, Ca
Exposure &
Processing
 9x20min exposures Captured with MaxIm, Stacked with Deepsky Stacker, Finished with Photoshop CS3 using Skytools 6.1