Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1795  ·  NGC 896
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NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016, David Dearden
NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016
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NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016

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NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016, David Dearden
NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016
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NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016

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Looking for a good Hα target the right size for use of a focal reducer with the AT8IN. I had messed around a bit trying to do a mosaic of the Heart Nebula and decided this part is interesting enough in its own right (and it does look like a fish's head!). This session was hampered by trouble finding suitable guide stars with the off-axis guider. I found one after moving the prism, but after the meridian flip (which was automated and took place after I had gone to bed), it first locked on a hot pixel for a few subs and then lost guiding all together. Hence I got fewer subs than I really wanted to get, but what I got turned out surprisingly well.

Date: 9 Nov 2016

Subject: NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula

Scope: AT8IN+Antares 0.5x focal reducer

Filter: Baader Planetarium 7 nm Hα

Mount: EQ-6 (EQMOD)+PEC

Guiding: Orion TOAG +DSI Ic+PHD 2.6.2.4 (Win 10 ASCOM)

Camera: DSI IIc, no chiller CCD ~5 °C

Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro 2.5.2.4 with Nebulosity 4.1.1 ASCOM camera driver (Win 10)

Exposure: 17x600 s

Stacking: Neb 4.1.1, bad pixel map, bias included, 33 flats, match histograms, trans+rot align, DSS κ-σ 1.5σ stack.

Processing: StarTools 1.4.316: Crop; Develop: 73.64%; HDRptimize; Deconvolute: 5.4 pix; Track: Smoothness 75%, 4.5 pix. Photoshop CS6 + Astronomy Tools: Levels; deep space noise reduction (twice); Astroframe.

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NGC 896, Fish Head Nebula, Hα, 9 Nov 2016, David Dearden