Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) & Horsehead (IC 434)

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This photo consists of 12 8 min. exposures taken on Feb. 17 from a vacant lot in Tucson, AZ.  I am surprised that a total exposure of 96 min. was sufficient to capture this detail.  The Flame nebula is located to the left of the star Alnitak, one of the Orion's belt stars.  The Horsehead can be seen in the lower right. The image size is about 65x65 arc minutes.
 

Imaging Setup:

Stellarvue 115T20 Apo Triplet

Stellarvue Field Flattener

HEQ-5 Mount

Baader UHC-S Filter

Orion Star Shoot Pro One-Shot Colour Camera

KW Telescope Guide Scope (QHY-5 Camera)

PHD Guiding

Nebulosity 2 – Image Capture

Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2

Adobe Photoshop CS2 – Image Processing