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IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula Wide Field, Terry Hancock

IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula Wide Field, Terry Hancock

IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

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Shot over 2 nights during September of 2013 combined it with my earlier cocoon using the 10" RC Total Exposure time 6 + 17.5 hours from earlier cocoon.

Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Date of Shoot 15th and 16th September 2012

9x20 min H-Alpha 1x1

4x15 min RGB each 1x1

Camera: QHY9M monochrome CCD www.astrofactors.com

StarlightXpress Color Filter Wheel

Optics: Thomas M. Back TMB 92SS F5.5 Refractor

Williams Optics WO68 Field Flattener.

Autoguided using QHY5 autoguider, StarlightXpress Ultra Slim Off Axis guider

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)

Image Aquisition software Maxim DL5

Stacking software CCDStack

Post Processed with Photoshop CS5

Star Spikes Pro II

Registar

earlier cocoon session

Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Date of Shoot 21st July thru Aug 16th 2011

Camera: QHY9M monochrome CCD

18 x 15 min sub exposures Hydrogen Alpha bin 2x2

27 x 15 min sub exposures Luminance bin 2x2

7x 15 min sub exposures RED bin 2x2

7x 15 min sub exposures GREEN bin 2x2

11x 15 min sub exposures BLUE bin 2x2

Scope: Astro Tech AT10RC F8 Ritchey-Chrétien using AT2FF Field Flattener.

Autoguided using QHY5 autoguider

Guide scope Celestron Short Tube 80mm refractor.

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)

Image Aquisition software Maxim DL5

Stacking software Deep sky Stacker

Registered with Registar

Post Processed with Photoshop CS5.

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IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula Wide Field, Terry Hancock