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The images that follow were obtained with an SBIG ST-7e CCD imager. Some images may appear more than once. If this is the case, they were taken with different telescopes, different CCD imager settings, or involved different processing.

The Horsehead Nebula:
Here are some images of the Horsehead Nebula. This object is very dim with a surface brightness of only about 19. I could not decide on processing so all 5 images are shown. No filters were used (e.g. no Ha filter).  The colored images are actually false color. I think the images could be better, but considering how dim the Horsehead is, the level of background skyglow, and the fact that this is the first time we have gotten anything at all of this nebula, I think the images are acceptable.