December: Test shots with new scopes/mounts
Dec 21: TMB 80/480 Arrives!
Dec 3: AP1200 Arrives!
Nov 30: TMB 152/1200 Arrives!
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This is B33, aka, the “Horsehead Nebula”, a dark nebula silhouetted against the bright nebula IC 434 in the constellation of Orion. Compare this closeup with the true color, wide-field, DSLR image, which shows the Horsehead in context with the bright belt star, Alnitak.
Mousing off the image reveals a “Hubble Palette” narrowband image, with