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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:AG Optical 12.5" iDK
Imaging camera:Finger Lakes Instrumentation ML 16200
Mount:Software Bisque Paramount MX+
Guiding telescope or lens:AG Optical 12.5" iDK
Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Lodestar Autoguider X2
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto, S.L. PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Diffraction Limited Maxim DL 6 Pro, TheSkyX Pro, DC-3 Dreams ACP Observatory Control Software, FocusMax V4
Filters:Astrodon 3nm OIII, Astrodon 3nm Ha, Astrodon 3nm SII
Accessories:Moonlite Nitecrawler WR35, Finger Lake Instruments CFW-2-7
Resolution: 1425x1255
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm Ha: 25x1200" -25C bin 2x2
Astrodon 3nm SII: 39x1200" -25C bin 2x2
Astrodon OIII 1.25 5nm: 34x1200" -25C bin 2x2
Integration: 32.7 hours
Darks: ~9
Flats: ~20
Bias: ~100
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Astrometry.net job: 1782017
RA center: 328.339 degrees
DEC center: 47.262 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.175 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.900 degrees
Field radius: 0.310 degrees
Locations: Home Observatory, Southern California, California, United States
The Cocoon Nebula has very little OIII content, so this image is mostly Ha and SII, with OIII thrown in to achieve a more pleasing star color balance.
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