IC434/B33 Black and White

"Horsehead Nebula"

Constellation- Orion

Right Ascension: 05h 41m 12s

Declination: -2° 23' 42"

Distance: 1300 light years

Visual Brightness: 14 mag.

Apparent Dimension(entire area): ~ 60 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- November 7, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  L = 6 x 600 seconds binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in Astroart and Photoshop CS5