NGC2024, IC432 and IC431 in Orion - The "Flame Nebula" Region
Uploaded 2/7/22


Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Televue Paracorr II (EFR = 4.5)
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
Camera:  Cooled One Shot Color CMOS
Guider: ZWO ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  4 hour total integration time
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  25 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, Color Conversion, aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Saturation Curves
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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