My Astrophotography – LDN 1630

LDN 1630 (Horsehead Nebula)

  • Home to the Horsehead Nebula
    The most famous sub-feature of LDN 1630 is the iconic Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), a distinct stallion-shaped silhouette protruding from the parent dust cloud in the constellation Orion.
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  • Object Name
    LDN 1630

  • Object Type
    Dark Nebula

  • Constellation
    Orion

  • Magnitude
    6.8

  • Distance
    1,375 light-years

  • Annotate

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Equipment

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessories:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eXtreme

Bortle Scale: Kelling Heath, Weybourne, North Norfolk (Bortle 4.1)


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Integration

  • Date:
    Thursday 28th November 2024
  • Moonlit:
    Waning Crescent 27 days old
    Magnitude: -9.8
    Moonlit: 7%
  • Total:
    180’s x 60 subs = 3 hours 0 minutes

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Constellation :- Orion (The Hunter)

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LDN 1630

Horsehead Nebula / Barnard 33 (B33)

Dark Nebula

6.8

1,375 light years

Ori (Orion / The Hunter)

05h 40m 59s

-02° 27′ 30″

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(Click the map above for a large view.)

Abbreviation:  Ori
English Name:  The Hunter
Genitive: Betelgeuse
Hemisphere: Northern and Southern Hemisphere. (Bold means the more area in square feet in Southern Hemisphere.)
Location: Between the constellations of Monoceros and Eridanus.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -40 degrees
Best season: Winter
Seen in three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring
Best seen in:  January (map) and February (map)
Seen between: November and early March
Right Ascension (RA): 05 hour
Declination (DEC): +05 degrees
Area (square degrees):  594 (26th)

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