Crop showing Horsehead and Flame Nebulae. The bright star is Alnitak, the left star of Orion's belt. The Horsehead (B33) is below Alnitak and the Flame (NGC 2024 to its left. IC 425 and NGC 2023 are also visible to the left of the Horsehead.
Details
Location and date- Radar Hill near Tofino, BC on 2007-12-28. Equipment- Modified Canon 350D camera with 300mm lens on Astrotrack mount. Exposure- 10 light and 14 dark frames at f/4 and ISO 800 for 122s each with 20 flat frames added for calibration. Processing- Calibration, alignment, stacking and digital development in ImagesPlus. Modest reduction accomplished with Photoshop.