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Auriga Panorama, Terry Hancock

Auriga Panorama

Auriga Panorama, Terry Hancock

Auriga Panorama

Description

Captured over 2 nights in march 2015 using QHY11/Tak E180 from my backyard observatory in Fremont, MI This is a 2 panel mosaic captured in LRGB and H-Alpha using the QHY11/TAK E-180 covering an area of sky equal to 8 x 2.73 degrees and containing many well known Fine Celestial objects such as The Flaming star Nebula IC405, The Tadpoles IC410, The Spider and The Fly Nebula IC417 and NGC1931, Messier open clusters M36 and M38 (The Starfish Cluster) and emission Nebulae Sh2-231, Sh2-235 and Sh2-232 (furthest left)





Image details

Captured March 11, 17 2015

Total integration Time 384 minutes

Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI

LRGB 224 min, 14 x 4 min each 1x1

H-Alpha 160 min, 20 x 8 min bin 1x1

QHY11 monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL, Processing, Calibration and Stacking CCDStack

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Auriga Panorama, Terry Hancock