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SH2-157, The Lobster Claw Nebula! Located 11,000 light years away, this is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Imaged last night from my Bortle 5/6 back yard under a full moon. The image is converted into a bi-color pallette, with the orange/gold colors corresponding with hydrogen gas and the blue corresponding with oxygen.
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows
Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-PHD2 guiding software
-88 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 4hrs 24min
Imaging setup for reference
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows
Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-PHD2 guiding software
-88 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 4hrs 24min
Imaging setup for reference