Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  110 Lydia  ·  112 bet Tau  ·  118 Tau  ·  12.58  ·  12.67  ·  125 Tau  ·  13.96  ·  136 Tau  ·  14 Aur  ·  141 Lumen  ·  16 Aur  ·  17 AR Aur  ·  18 Aur  ·  19 Aur  ·  21 sig Aur  ·  22 Aur  ·  24 phi Aur  ·  25 chi Aur  ·  26 Aur  ·  466 Tisiphone  ·  AE Aur  ·  Alnath  ·  B222  ·  B226  ·  B34  ·  El Nath (βTau)  ·  Flaming Star nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  IC 410  ·  IC 417  ·  And 39 more.
Auriga Super Wide Field In H-alpha, mikefulb
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Auriga Super Wide Field In H-alpha

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This is a 2 x 1 mosaic in H-alpha of Auriga using a Canon 100mm lens. It is about 10 x 20 degrees of sky. Dealing with all the stars (> 30000 per frame!) was a big challenge. Also Simeis 147 (spagetti like nebula in lower frame) is very faint so processing it to be visible was tough.

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Description: Reworked with help from 'StarFood' on CN - thanks!

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Auriga Super Wide Field In H-alpha, mikefulb