B 33 and NGC 2024 Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
Author: Oscar Maseda
Date: December 3 and 4, 2024
Location: León (Spain), Bortle 6-7
Telescope: TS-Optics Photoline 80 APO Triplet
Camera: ZWO ASI 533MC
Filters: Askar Colour Magic D1 and D2, Optolong L-QEF
Integration time:
Distance from Earth: 1,500 light-years
Arguably one of the most photographed and well-known regions of the sky, the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and its companion, the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), are part of the Orion molecular cloud complex; the Horsehead appears in silhouette against the emission nebula IC 434.