Big Images from Small Telescopes (3)

Big Images from Small Telescopes (3)

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion

Before I had the facility to image over the Internet I used to do my
astronomy in the light polluted skies of England. It was only once I
had a 12" reflector that I managed to see the famous dark nebula
usually called the Horsehead Nebula.

With a CCD and a wide field scope it was fairly easy to obtain an
attractive image of the Horsehead and at the same time image the
almost as well known Flame Nebula.

The only significant problem to overcome was the very bright Zeta
Orionis which meant taking more images - but each one with a shorter
exposure.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/hor.../horsehead.htm


Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
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