Imaging telescopes or lenses: Officina Stellare HiperAPO105
Mounts: CELESTRON Advanced VX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen Finderscope 9x50
Guiding cameras: Orion StarShoot AutoGuider
Focal reducers: Officina Stellare 0.75x flattener/reducer
Software: PixInsight · Sequence Generator Pro · PHD Guiding
Astrometry.net job: 284783
Resolution: 3198x2420
The Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Megellanic Cloud, visible in the Southern Hemisphere. It resembles a huge spider in the sky, and is very bright.
This LRGB image data was collected near Sutherland, South Africa, in early April, 2014.
Image details:
QSI 683ws-8
Astrodon Gen2 E-series LRGB filters
Celestron AdvancedVX
Officina Stellare Hiper APO 105
Orion SSAG, guiding with PhD
Data acquired with Sequence Generator Pro
Image Calibration / Reduction / Post-processing with PixInsight
L: 60min, 6x10min
R: 60min, 6x10min
G: 80min, 8x10min
B: 70min, 7x10min
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