Imaged from Beckwith Township, ON

Finally...a clear night. Regrettably it was also cold...-22 degrees Celsius with a wind chill factor making it feel like -30C. Fortunately, all the pre-planning paid off and the equatorial mount, computer and inverter all worked in the cold for 4+ hours. Frequent trips back to the car for warmth also paid off. All in all, it wasn't as bad as it sounds...After all...We're Canadian, Eh? (Little CDN humour...LOL).

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

Alnitak is the star with the "starburst" that sits between the Flame Nebula; and the Horsehead Nebula.

The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away.

Shot in RAW (NEF); converted to TIFF files using ACR; stacked using Deep Sky Stacker; processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC.

Nikon D7200 (unmodified); Sky-Watcher ED80 Pro Refractor and a Tele Vue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener @ 480mm / f/6; ISO 800; Celestron AVX mount; guided with SSAG; and PHD2; 55 x 4 minute subs (total integration is 220 minutes (3 hours 40 minutes).