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The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) is priving to be quite an easy target for those impossible nights where there's moon, some cloud or gusty wind. Tonight it was a persistent wind gusting up to 54km/hr. And then the moon rose half way through the 5 exposures to top it off.
However, I am happy with the result. It was a good imaging session considering all, with a nice image to finish.
The arc of light on the right is due to a combination of the telescope's optics and a bright star (Al
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The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) is priving to be quite an easy target for those impossible nights where there's moon, some cloud or gusty wind. Tonight it was a persistent wind gusting up to 54km/hr. And then the moon rose half way through the 5 exposures to top it off.
However, I am happy with the result. It was a good imaging session considering all, with a nice image to finish.
The arc of light on the right is due to a combination of the telescope's optics and a bright star (Alnitak) just out of the field of view.
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| Camera: | SBIG ST7-ME | | Aperture: | 300mm | | Date: | 22nd January 2006 | | Binning: | 2x2 |
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