Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  103 Tau  ·  112 bet Tau  ·  118 Tau  ·  12.14  ·  125 Tau  ·  132 Tau  ·  14 Aur  ·  16 Aur  ·  17 AR Aur  ·  18 Aur  ·  19 Aur  ·  21 sig Aur  ·  22 Aur  ·  24 phi Aur  ·  25 chi Aur  ·  26 Aur  ·  31 ups Aur  ·  87 Sylvia  ·  AE Aur  ·  Alnath  ·  Auriga  ·  B222  ·  B226  ·  B29  ·  B34  ·  El Nath (βTau)  ·  Flaming Star nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  IC 410  ·  IC 417  ·  And 34 more.

Image of the day 02/06/2018

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    Gems of Auriga, Fritz
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    Gems of Auriga

    Image of the day 02/06/2018

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      Gems of Auriga, Fritz
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      Gems of Auriga

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      Description

      This is a 4 panel mosaic. Data collection started in December 2016 and ended in January 2018. Total integration time is 50.3 hours.

      It is sort of an HDR image, since SH2-240, the Spaghetti nebula, is much fainter than IC 405 and IC 410. Consequently, more than 40 hours of integration time have been dedicated to this quarter of the mosaic.

      Two parts have been shown here as separate images before:

      IC 405 and IC 410 Widefield

      Spaghetti Nebula, Simeis 147, SH2-240

      All in all I had severe (and unsolved) problems when creating that mosaic: While PI can easily handle the distortion of a 2 panel mosaic with a FL of 135mm, it could not do the same with a 4 panel mosaic. Maybe I will have to look for a different software for that task.

      Anyways, I hope you enjoy this pic despite of it.

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