The Dolphin Nebula Surfaces (Fritz)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Canis Major (CMa) · Contains: The star ο1CMa

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The Dolphin Nebula Surfaces

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The Dolphin Nebula Surfaces

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I wanted to image Sh2-308 (Dolphin Nebula) so badly ever since I first saw it several years ago. It has such an amazing and unique 3D look - it just looks like it can’t be real. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

I was never able to image this target before having lived further up north previously and not have a completely open southern horizon. This target only rises to a maximum of 35 degrees from where I am in Florida, making it very hard to get good data. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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On top of that Sh2-308 is incredibly faint - by far the dimmest object I have ever imaged. I had to bin my CCD camera to 2x2 and take 30 minute exposures to get any reasonable data. All of this pushed my imaging setup and I could not have done it before building my observatory. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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To do this target justice I captured over 64 hours of data. I also added in RGB stars. I had never done this before so that was a whole new learning process to do it right. Image details below! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Imaging Telescope: OrionED80

Guiding Telescope: OrionED80 w/ thin OAG

Imaging Camera: Atik383L+

Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI120MM

Mount: Losmandy G11G

Filterwheel: ZWO Electronic 1.25”

Focuser: Moonlite

Filters: Astronomik Ha, OIII, and RGB

Exposures:

Ha: 48x30 mins

OIII: 70x30 mins

R: 30x1 min

G: 30x1 min

B: 30x1 min

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Description: Adjustment to curves

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C

Description: Brought out the Ha a bit more

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