Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
A dark horse's silhouette against glowing hydrogen – one of the best-known shapes in the night sky.
What you get
- Format
- JPEG
- Resolution
- 3 499 × 5 265 px (18.4 MPx)
- Aspect ratio
- ≈ 2:3
- File size
- 20.1 MB
- Recommended print size
- 29 × 44 cm at 300 DPI – viewed up close
44 × 66 cm at 200 DPI – framed on a wall
Larger prints are possible but will look softer up close. - Suitable for
- For printing for personal use, or as a desktop or TV background.
- Licence
- Personal, non-commercial use. You may not resell, share or use the file commercially. Terms
- Watermark
- No watermark. If the image carries the author’s signature, so does the file.
- Delivery
- Download link right after payment – on the order page and by e-mail. Valid 7 days, 5 downloads.
About the object
The Horsehead (Barnard 33) is a dense cloud of dust in Orion, about 1,400 light years away. We only see it because it blocks the light of the glowing nebula IC 434 behind it. The blue-white nebula near the bottom is the reflection nebula NGC 2023, lit by a young, hot star.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 18 November 2025
- Total exposure
- 3 h 40 min (44 × 300 s)
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2400MC Pro
- Focal length
- 2 861 mm
- Mount
- Celestron (ovládač CGEM/CGX)
- Location
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (home observatory)
- Calibration & stacking
- Siril 1.4.0-rc2
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 9.0 (Windows)
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.