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IC4592, IC4601 The Blue Horsehead Nebula (LRGB)

Photo Details

Telescope: FSQ106EDXIII

Camera: FLI16803 ProLine

Mount: APMach1GTO

Exposure: (LRGB): 120,60,70,70 (sub exp. 600s) (binx1)

Date and place: 06.2010 Tivoli, Namibia

The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592) is a faint reflection nebula of about 40 light-years across, located some 420 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Scorpius, near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.