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Kurtis Markham
Photographer:
kurtis-markham
Location of Photo:
Alexandria Virginia
Date/Time of photo:
January 10,2025
Equipment:
William Optics 120mm FLT, AIRPROPLUS, IOPTRON GEM45EC, ZWOASI6200 OSC
Description:
The Flame Nebula & Star Alnitak Imaged by most every Astrophotographer every season. Usually out shadowed "only by name" by the remarkable formation of the well-known Horse Head Nebula. But is a truly beautiful formation as well. I edited, not using any HDR (PI) or lum enhance (PI) or any other fine detail enhancement. This kept its brilliance- at the loss of focus and detail. But I love the illuminating glow this formation gives off. The image was taken in Alexandria Virginia Bortle 9 skies William Optics 120mm refactor with x .8 reduction Focal length: 626 Focal Ration: 5.29 Original Photo: 9576 x 6388 Image cropped: 3171 x 2054 Sony Sensor IMX455 Ioptron Gem45ec Asiairproplus Pixinsight for stacking in editing 63 lights x 300 30 darks 30 flats 100 bias
