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Photographer: Roger Dier
Imaging type: Deep Sky
Object type: Nebula
Astronomical target
- Target name
- Horse Head Nebula
- Catalog designation
- IC 434
Acquisition
- Acquisition start date
- 2026-10-11
- Acquisition end date
- 2026-10-11
- General location (public)
- Morris Hills area
Copyright and license
- Copyright holder
- Roger Dier
- License URL
- https://rogerdier.com/2026/10/12seestar-plan-delivers-results
- Rights notes
- Attribution Requested if used
Optics
- Telescope or lens
- SeeStar S50 Pro
- Optics manufacturer
- ZWO
- Optics model
- Pro
- Aperture (mm)
- 50
- Effective focal length (mm)
- 260
Camera
- Camera manufacturer
- ZWO
- Camera model
- 50 Pro
- Camera type
- Astro-Camera
Mount and guiding
- Mount or tracker
- Internal
Conditions
- Bortle class
- 5
- Seeing
- Good
- Transparency
- Good
- Moon illumination (%)
- 1
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Conditions notes
- A clear, consistent and quiet night sky.
Processing
- Processing software
- PixInsight w RC-Astro
IC 434 also known as the Horse Head Nebula, was photographed from a NE Rochester deck on the morning of Oct. 11. A SeeStar S50 Pro camera captured 519, 20-second exposures. Software by RC Astro and PixInsight employed to present the data.