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Auriga Cosmic Garden, Terry Hancock

Auriga Cosmic Garden

Auriga Cosmic Garden, Terry Hancock

Auriga Cosmic Garden

Description

Several different types of objects here, Star Clusters IC417 and NGC193 also known as The Spider and The Fly embedded in hydrogen gas, Messier open clusters M36 and M38 (The Starfish Cluster) and emission Nebulae Sh2-231 and Sh2-235 (furthest left)

Image details

Size: 2.73 x 4.11 deg (4004 x 2667 pixels)

Captured March 17, 2015

Total integration Time 192 minutes

Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI

H-Alpha 80 min, 10 x 8 min bin 1x1

LRGB 112 min, 7 x 4 min each 1x1

QHY11 monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack

Post Processing Photoshop CS5

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Auriga Cosmic Garden, Terry Hancock