Horsehead Nebula
Photo description / processing
Dark nebula "Horsehead Nebula" (Horsehead Nebula, IC 434, Barnard 33) and the ionized hydrogen HII region
Emission nebula "Flame Nebula" (Flame Nebula, NGC 2024, Sh2-277, CED 55P)
Reflection nebula NGC 2023 (LBN 954)
Star Alnitak Zeta Orionis (ζ Ori)
Equipment and software:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Bahtinov mask
Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Software for imaging:
Astrophotography Tool
SharpCap (polar alignment)
EQ-Mode
ASCOM
Cartes Du Ciel
Imaging from 27.10.2025, suburbs of Chelyabinsk, Starokamyshinsk area
Red light pollution zone. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
Total 571 Light frames of 15 seconds + 40 Dark frames + 40 Bias frames
ISO 3200
Imaging from 18-19.11.2025, suburbs of Chelyabinsk, Starokamyshinsk area
Red light pollution zone. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
Total 105 Light frames of 15 seconds + 40 Dark frames
Total 259 Light frames of 20 seconds + 20 Dark frames
+ 40 Bias frames
ISO 3200
Total accumulated signal Σ=4h15'20"
Software for post-processing:
DeepSkyStacker
FitsWork
FITStacker
Lightroom
StraNet2GUI
Photoshop
Topaz Denoise AI
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 150/750
- Camera
- Canon EOS 200D (astro-modified)
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
- Accessories
- Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov Mask
- Software
- Astro Photography Tool, DeepSkyStacker, Fitswork, FitStacker, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Adobe Photoshop, Topaz DeNoise AI
- Location
- Chelyabinsk, Russia
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 676 × 15″ · ISO/Gain: 3200 ·
- 259 × 20″ · ISO/Gain: 3200 ·
Total exposure: 4 h 15 m









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