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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, 



    
        

            Yannick Akar
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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, 



    
        

            Yannick Akar
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Acquisition details

Dates:
April 14, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon H-alpha 3nm: 5×600(50′) bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3nm: 5×600(50′) bin 1×1
Astrodon SII 3nm: 5×600(50′) bin 1×1
Integration:
2h 30′
Avg. Moon age:
2.14 days
Avg. Moon phase:
5.11%

RA center: 11h35m42s.74

DEC center: -63°0252.6

Pixel scale: 2.061 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 90.145 degrees

Field radius: 1.634 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4465x3554

File size: 18.4 MB

Locations: El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

This is the first time I'm editing not my own captured data, but data from an amateur hosting facility; in this case it is the El Sauce Observatory in Chile with a Telescope hosted by telescope.live.

Telescope.live asked me to join their team and represent them as ambassador. As I get full access to their data sets I think it is only fair to try my luck on some of their Pro data sets myself

Of course I chose an object in the southern hemisphere that I'm likely never be able to capture with my gear. As I normally target projects with a minimum 20 hours of intergration time I was very surprised about the quality their f/3 telescope could capture from Chile skies with just a total of 2,5 hours.

I hope you enjoy my version of the Running Chicken Nebula, but where is the Chicken?

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IC 2944 - The Running Chicken Nebula, 



    
        

            Yannick Akar