B33 and IC434 The Horsehead Region

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Negatives - November 1998	This area is well known for several interesting deep sky objects, each with it's own character, but together, making for a tremendous area for it's contrasting views, objects for study and overall attention from observers of all levels. It is a challenging photographic field for enhancement and balance, and also a limit pushing visual field, usually needing a dark observing site, large aperture, and visual aids, if possible, such as LP filters. The bright red nebula is known as IC434, as is assumed to be illuminated from the bright star Zeta Orionis. The Horsehead is an example of a dark nebula and has a designation of B33. To the left of the field is the Flame Nebula, also designated NGC 2024.
Meade 5" ED Refractor F/9
216XT Autoguider
Pentax K1000 Body
Kodak PJM Multispeed, Unhypered
240 min. (4 x 60 min.) Exposures
Image Stacking in Picture Window
Digital Enhanced (levels) in Photoshop

Processing Info: This is a later processed version of negatives shot in 1998, Processed in December 2001 using Acer Scanwit 2720S raw scans, Picture Window for registering and stacking, curves and balance in Photo Shop. These negatives are of marginal quality, processed for maximum detail in Horsehead region, flame nebula detail suffers. This is the final version with these negatives, future versions will be with re-shot negs.
Object Details Courtesy Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978 Dover Publications)
Chart Region by Megastar (version 4.01)