IC342, Daniele Malleo

IC342

IC342, Daniele Malleo

IC342

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Description

Description lifted from NASA APOD:

IC 342 is a mere 7 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise be a prominent galaxy in our night sky, but it is almost hidden from view behind the veil of stars, gas and dust clouds in the plane of our Milky Way galaxy

Acquired on August 31, 2013 from Lake Sonoma, Ca

L: 8 x 20m

R,G,B:8 x 10m each (2x2 bin)

Pixel scale: 0.65 arcsec/pixel

Total exposure time: ~6.5 hours

Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG

Guide Camera: SXV Lodestar (on OAG)

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1

Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8" (FL: 2145 mm)

SXV Adaptive Optics

Image Aquisition software MaximDL

Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in MaximDL

Post Processed in PixInsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6

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IC342, Daniele Malleo