The Lion Nebula Captured December and January in Narrowband using the new QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1.
https://grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentalsIn this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel.
Captured over 5 nights in December 2020 and January 2021 for a total acquisition time of 9.5 hours.
The Lion Nebula, otherwise known as Sharpless 132 and LBN 471 is an Emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus named after Cepheus, king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology, lying somewhere between 10 to 12,000 light years from us.
Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates of Capture December 8th, 21st 2020, January 1st, 7th and 19th 2021
HA 210 min 21 x 600 sec
OIII 180 min 18 x 600 sec
SII 180 min 18 x 600 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix
Final image cropped to 7046x4873 pixels
FOV 2d 20' 52.8" x 1d 37' 25.9"
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6, Pre Processing and Starnet in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
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