crimbfighter
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula! Located near the constellation Cepheus, this is a view of only a part of the entire Nebula, featuring the iconic gaseous structure that gives the nebula its name. The nebula is located 2400 light years from Earth. Imaged from my Bortle 5/6 back yard in south central Wisconsin on 6/20. The image is shown in the Hubble palette, with the golden tones representing hydrogen gas and the blue tones representing oxygen.
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm 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
-50 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 2.5hrs
The imaging rig
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm 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
-50 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 2.5hrs
The imaging rig