AstroBin - The Veil Nebula (dflipp)

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Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon Nikkor AF 180 mm f/2.8 ED

Imaging cameras: SBIG ST-10 XME

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Nikon Nikkor AF 180 mm f/2.8 ED

Guiding cameras: SBIG ST-10 XME

Software: CCDWare CCDStack

Resolution: 2085x1381

Dates: Nov. 4, 2011

Frames:
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm: 5x1800" bin 1x1
Astrodon OIII 3nm: 5x1800" bin 1x1

Integration: 5.0 hours

Avg. Moon age: 8.61 days

Avg. Moon phase: 62.92%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

RA center: 20:51:22.052

DEC center: +30:38:40.669

Pixel scale: 7.80 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -179.45 degrees

Field width: 4.52 degrees

Field height: 2.98 degrees

This is a false color image from narrow band Hydrogen alpha [Ha], and Oxygen III [OIII] filters.

Red = 5 x 30 minutes Ha
Green = 5 x 30 minutes [OIII]
Blue = Blend of [OIII] + 20% Ha

Optics: 180mm Nikon lens @ f/4
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME
Processing: CCDStack 2, Photoshop CS5

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