IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula

IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula
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IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula

Reflection nebulas are made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars to the right of the image center. (https://science.nasa.gov/ic-4592-blue-horsehead-reflection-nebula)
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
QHY 600M
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Australia (AUS-2-CMOS)
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
26 May 23
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Siril, StarNet++, Photoshop + Plugins, Topaz denoise
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
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