Student CCD Gallery : IC434 (Horsehead Nebula)

IC434:  The Horsehead Nebula is an enormous non-luminous cloud of gas obscuring a faint emission nebula behind it.  This object is very faint, and is very difficult to see even when looking through a telescope.  In fact, it was not discovered until 1889, and then only by photographic means.

25 exposures per filter, 60 sec each

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