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Nebula · Orion

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval

Two nebulae in the same field, at the feet of Orion and in the same cloud complex.

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval, NGC 2024 · IC 434, longest exposure 2h 57
NGC 2024 · IC 434 · La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval 2h 57 · DwarfLab DWARF 3

The Flame, NGC 2024, is put at about 1,350 light-years by the 2014 measurement. The Horsehead, Barnard 33, is at about 1,500. The first is a cloud of gas cut in two by a band of dust, which absorbs its light. The second emits nothing at all. It is a dark cloud, cut out in silhouette against the red gas of IC 434. On it, exposure time does not work on the object but on its background. The higher IC 434 rises, the more the silhouette stands out. And the dual-band filter speeds that rise up considerably.

Sources: Wikipédia en français, NGC 2024, Wikipédia en français, IC 434. A figure wrong? Report it.

2h 57m 2 shots

0 towards 22h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.

Designation
NGC 2024 · IC 434
Family
Nebula
Constellation
Orion
Shots taken
2
Cumulative integration
2h 57
Filter
Duo-bande
Instrument
DwarfLab DWARF 3

Filtre duo-bande : it lets through only the two colours of emission nebulae.

Every shot

The same object, several nights

Sorted from the deepest to the shortest. The signal adds up from one session to the next: that is what sets a smart telescope apart from a camera.

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval, prise du 20 March 2026, 2h 57 de pose

2h 57 20 March 2026

DwarfLab DWARF 3 · Duo-bande

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval, prise du 18 March 2026, 1h 36 de pose, avec les étoiles

1h 36 18 March 2026

DwarfLab DWARF 3 · Duo-bande · avec les étoiles

La Flamme et la Tête de Cheval, prise du 18 March 2026, 1h 36 de pose, sans les étoiles

1h 36 18 March 2026

DwarfLab DWARF 3 · Duo-bande · sans les étoiles

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0 towards 22h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

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0 towards 22h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

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0 towards 22h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

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