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NGC 2024

NGC 2024 is one of the 2 designations carried by one and the same photograph.

The photograph

What this number shows here

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval, NGC 2024, longest exposure 2h 57
La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval 2h 57 · DwarfLab DWARF 3

This photograph is published under NGC 2024 · IC 434. It shows them together, in the same field. I do not log where the boundary between them runs: what NGC 2024 covers exactly is read at the source, not here.

What NGC 2024 stands for, at: Wikipédia en français, NGC 2024.

Object photographed
La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval
Family
Nébuleuse
Constellation
Orion
Shots taken
2
Night of the capture
20 March 2026
Cumulative integration
2h 57
Filter
Duo-bande
Instrument
DwarfLab DWARF 3
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NGC catalogue

Where this number comes from

The New General Catalogue, published in 1888 by John Dreyer.

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The other names

The other names for this photograph

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