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A rough draft of a horse and a flame

The horsehead nebula (red) and the flame nebula (yellow) in the Orion constellation. Unlike Pleaides, that has many tales, this has none. It is not visible to human eye. In some far away future, AGIs will start writing their own stories. Well before that I will write a story of the horsehead from the POV of our telescope.

As far as deep sky photo goes, this is a rough draft of a future photo – the horsehead nebula and flame nebula in the Orion constellation. It is the photo I have been waiting for since we took the first photos of the Andromeda galaxy. When I started, and even now, there aren’t many deep sky objects I can name by sight. The horsehead has a characteristic shape etched in my mind by NASA Hubble images. It is also a beginner deep sky target that offers an opportunity to get infinitely better as skills progress.