No doubt about it the Orion complex contains many glorious treasures for the CCD chip to capture. An example of this is the very bright star Alnitak (Zeta Orionis, the eastern-most star in Orion's belt.) This area is host to both NGC 2024 aka the Flame nebula and Barnard 33 aka the Horsehead nebula both you will see are named for obvious reasons. My image was taken using a UHC/UPR filter to strip away unwanted skyglow and enhance the delicate filements of dust and gas. The remarkable Horsehead is a dark globule of dust and non-luminous gas, obscuring the light coming from behind, especially the moderately bright nebula IC 434.
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