The Dark Shark Nebula - LRGB (Ahmed Waddah)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: 16 Cep · 24 Cep · 78 Dra · HD208509 · HD210369 · HD210511 · HD210615 · HD210806 · HD210873 · HD210902 · HD211300 · HD211771 · LBN 535 · LBN 538 · LBN 541 · LBN 546 · LDN 1217 · LDN 1219 · LDN 1235 · LDN 1242 · PK111+11.1 · The star 16 Cep · The star 24 Cep · VdB149

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The Dark Shark Nebula - LRGB

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It is true its a tough target! The amount of bad luck I faced imaging this target is unprecedent. I attempted to image LDN 1235 back in June, the plan was to get 40 x 3 min subs for RGB and 60 for Lum. By the time I was on the B exposures my filter wheel was running into the mount. Although Redcat is small but the 2 inch filter wheel is relatively large especially when you rotate it to match the field of view in mind. I always had similar issues back when I was using the Redcat on the Sky Guider pro with targets close to Polaris. I need that Peir extension and riser blocks to avoid this in the future. I have processed the data I have the best I could and I used synthetic luminance to finish the job. Initially I wanted to continue addding the remaining integration but extreme bad luck with clouds and my battery power cable dying on me made it impossible so far! So I have decided to post my LDN 1235 and move on to my other projects. I might revisit again but most probably I will wait for next year when I am more prepared and with a longer scope!

William Optics CAT Series
WO Redcat 51 Group
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The refractors!
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RA (center)	21h59m20s.50
RA (top/left)	22h37m44s.45
RA (top/right)	21h32m08s.18
RA (bottom/right)	21h23m32s.40
RA (bottom/left)	22h20m31s.21

Dec (center)	+72°46′06″.1
Dec (top/left)	+73°11′21″.9
Dec (top/right)	+74°53′12″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+71°55′13″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+70°28′13″.6

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