Horsehead Nebula
Distance: 3.5 Light Years
I don’t have a clever reason for including the horsehead nebula (aka Barnard 33 ) as a BAT target other than the fact that I absolutely LOVE IT. Although worth mentioning that its just 3.5 light years away. Really just at the bottom of the street (galactically speaking).
Hi RES on the HEAD😁
Worth pointing out that although this is a regular target with a 2 degree(ish) FOV and NOT a lucky imaging target those of us with larger scopes can ZOOM in on the head. I have included a high res reference frame of the head for those wishing to do that.
Download Regular Imager's reference frame
| Center (RA, Dec): | (85.228, -2.183) |
| Center (RA, hms): | 05h 40m 54.736s |
| Center (Dec, dms): | -02° 10′ 59.289″ |
| Size: | 1.69 x 1.28 deg |
| Radius: | 1.059 deg |
| Pixel scale: | 2.6 arcsec/pixel |
| Orientation: | Up is 83.0 degrees E of N |
Download Hi RES reference frame
| Center (RA, Dec): | (85.292, -2.444) |
| Center (RA, hms): | 05h 41m 10.173s |
| Center (Dec, dms): | -02° 26′ 36.679″ |
| Size: | 40.7 x 40.7 arcmin |
| Radius: | 0.480 deg |
| Pixel scale: | 0.814 arcsec/pixel |
| Orientation: | Up is 83.0 degrees E of N |