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The Taurus Molecular Cloud, Terry Hancock

The Taurus Molecular Cloud

The Taurus Molecular Cloud, Terry Hancock

The Taurus Molecular Cloud

Description

My latest process from Grand Mesa Observatory.

Thanks to my good friend and publisher Brian Ventrudo of Cosmic Pursuits, you can read the article Brian wrote about this object

cosmicpursuits.com/2538/the-taurus-molecular-cloud/

This is a collaboration between Tom Masterson, who acquired the data, and Terry Hancock, who performed the pre and post processing. It was captured using Grand Mesa Observatory’s TAK E180 telescope and a QHY128C Full Frame CMOS camera. The image spans about 4.0 x 2.75 degrees and comprises data collected over 4.16 hours.

Additional Technical Details:

Credit: Terry Hancock, Tom Masterson and Grand Mesa Observatory

Captured on December 13 2018

Color 250 min 50x 300 sec

Camera: QHY128C @ -20C

Offset 60, Gain 2200 Calibrated with flat, dark & bias

Optics: System 4, Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6

Pre Processed in Pixinsight

Post Processing Photoshop CC

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The Taurus Molecular Cloud, Terry Hancock