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Updated: Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
Image of the Week (3/7/2010) |
Horsehead and Flame
Nebulae in Orion.
The king of the
Winter constellations,
Orion the Hunter, teems with
nebulosity. Most of
this nebulosity glows by
emission, and many of the areas include
dark gas
silhouettes. Two of the most picturesque lie adjacent to the
bright star Alnitak in
Orion's
Belt. B33
is the famous 'Horse Head'
and NCG 2024 is the 'Flame'
(resembling
a burning bush). For more information and views of these two see
the APOD from 7/21/09
and the APOD of
1/21/10.
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| This page illustrates what can be photographed using amateur telescopes and a CCD camera. I currently use an SBIG STL11000M camera and have previously used a SBIG and Starlight Xpress cameras, as well as a Cookbook 245 camera that I built myself. Most of the images were actually taken from my backyard near a busy street with several street lights. Not only is the CCD camera a great imaging tool, but it allows "real time" observation of objects not normally visible in areas with moderate-severe light pollution. |
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