The Horsehead Nebula in 26 Hours
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Description
One of the most famous shapes in the night sky — the Horsehead Nebula — looks exactly like a dark chess-piece knight silhouetted against a glowing red curtain of hydrogen gas in the constellation Orion. Right next to it sits the bright orange Flame Nebula and the soft blue reflection nebula NGC 2023. It’s about 1,500 light-years away and is one of the most photographed objects in deep-sky astrophotography.
This print comes from 26 hours and 50 minutes of total exposure time, taken over several clear nights in late 2024 from my backyard in Williamsburg, Virginia. I used a Sky-Watcher 80 mm telescope and a special filter that pulls out the red and teal colors you see here — even from a suburban sky with some light pollution.
Perfect winter sky art for any room.
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