IC 434 - IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula & NGC 2024 Flame Nebula

Apr 2026
IC 434
author image @jeremy Redford, MI

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The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula that is silhouetted against the diffuse background of IC 434. The Flame Nebula is to the left below the bright star Alnitak. This was a long term project from Oct 2025 to Mar 2026.

Lights

Filter Seestar Seestar Seestar
Lights 1215 1080 24
Single Exposure 60 sec 20 sec 30 sec
Total Exposure 20 hr 15 min 6 hr 0 min 12 min 0.000000 sec
Gain 80 80 80
Offset 200 200 200
Temp (°C) -10.0 °C -10.0 °C -10.0 °C

Equipment

Camera ZWO Seestar S30
Telescope ZWO Seestar S30
Reducer None
Guide Camera ZWO Seestar S30
Guider None
Mount ZWO Seestar
Tripod NEEWER M521 20" Portable Desktop Mini
Filter Wheel None
Eaf ZWO Seestar
Dew Heater ZWO Seestar
Flat Panel ME456 zA4 LED Light Box 9x12 Inch
Rotator K&F CONCEPT FH-03 Fluid Head

Software

Acquisition

Seestar
Processing

Cosmic Clarity

Seti Astro Suite Pro

Siril

Syqon Prism

Syqon Starless

VeraLux Suite

IC 434 - The Horsehead Nebula and The Flame Nebula

Mar 2026
IC 434
author image @jeremy Redford, MI

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The Horsehead Nebula and The Flame Nebula Seestar Collective January 2026 Project https://stcollective.net/

Lights

Filter NO FILTER Seestar
Lights 11060 10000
Single Exposure 20 sec 20 sec
Total Exposure 2 days 13 hr 2 days 7 hr
Gain 101 101
Offset 200 200
Temp (°C) -10.0 °C -10.0 °C

Equipment

Camera ZWO Seestar S50
Telescope ZWO Seestar S50
Reducer None
Guide Camera ZWO Seestar S50
Guider None
Mount ZWO Seestar
Tripod ZWO Carbon Fiber Tripod TC40
Filter Wheel None
Eaf ZWO Seestar
Dew Heater ZWO Seestar

Nights

Capture Dates Moon Illumination
31 January 2026 Waxing Gibbous (95.18%)

Software

Acquisition No acquisition software recorded.
Processing

Siril