Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach-1 GTO CP4
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Astro-Physics AAPC · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Dates:Dec. 31, 2018 , Jan. 1, 2019 , Jan. 2, 2019 , Jan. 3, 2019 , Jan. 5, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 20x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 25x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 247x180" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 53x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 40x10" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 52x180" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 19.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.38 days
Avg. Moon phase: 13.18%
Astrometry.net job: 2501799
RA center: 6h 31' 58"
DEC center: +4° 58' 14"
Pixel scale: 1.469 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 89.630 degrees
Field radius: 1.151 degrees
Resolution: 4445x3480
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
A classic process for a classic target, one of the most beautiful and accessible nebula.
I tried to reveal all the complexity on the nebular gases.
It was a difficult object on my old location because theri max altitude is 53º and it was poorly visible. Now in Montsec it's still at 53º max but with clear horizon it was possible to add close to 20 hours of end integration.
"The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,000 light-years from Earth and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses."
(credits description: Wikipedia)
Description: less green channel dominant
Description: Final version with full res
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