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Horse Head Nebula

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO 8" RC, with QSI583WSG

Guiding - ED80 guide scope and Orion Star Shoot Autoguider.

Ha -14 x 10 minutes

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS3

Object - Located at a distance of 1500 light years, the dark gas cloud resembles the head of a horse and hence the name.

Notes - More subs required to reduce the level of noise present in this image.