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This beautiful pair of reflection nebula flank the east side of IC434, the red nebulous strip that contains the more famous Horsehead Nebula which appears as a gradual reddening on the right side of the image. The left object, IC435 surrounds an 8.3 magnitude B5 star and is primarily blue wisps. On the right is the much larger NGC2023 which surrounds a slightly brighter 7.8 magnitude B1 star, and is a a mixture of mostly blue reflection with a bit of red and green nebulosity mixed.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST8i NABG
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:40 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .8: 1.2
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 4 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, RG Sigma, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro, RW Debloomer.

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