Horsehead and NGC2023

[Barry]

TWO CLEAR NIGHTS WITH NO MOON IN A ROW!!! As tired as I am from last night and with a splitting headache from overexposure to the sun on an open tractor all day - I can't pass up the opportunity for such clear and dark skies. Currently shooting M78 in Orion, here's last nights image of the Horsehead nebula, (Barnard 33) in Orion. 20 x five-minute exposures combined for a total of one hour and 40 minutes exposure. At 1500 light years away, this dark nebula blocks out the light with it's concentration of thick, dusty stellar material. Below it, the blue reflection nebula NGC 2023 glows from it's burrowing inner star.

[seaslug]

The mind boggles with the vastness of it all!

[P Plates]

The colours are amazing with that deep red. Thanks for sharing.

[Barry]

My pleasure guys.

Baz.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Barry

Magic mate - just bluddy magic


Phil