My latest process using data from Grand Mesa Observatory’s system 1 the Takahashi FSQ 130 (available on our subscriptions) using a QHY367C full frame One Shot Color CMOS camera with Chroma Narrowband Filters. I recently processed this same area with narrowband filters in a hubble palette rendering
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/48762002422/in/datepos... but this time around I have used the RGB together with H-alpha data
Captured over 6 nights in June and July 2019 for a total acquisition time of 18.75 hours.
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Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
June 27, July 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 26th
RGB 690 min 69 x 600 sec
H-Alpha 435 min 29 x 900 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma "5nm"
Camera: QHY367C
Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark Frames no Flat.
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6
Pre Processing in Pixinsight
Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Starnet (star removal)
Visible in this image, the most prominent being top center The Lagoon Nebula, a giant emission Nebula and HII region, lower left M20 or NGC 6514 known as The Trifid Nebula a combination of emission nebula (the red area) and reflection nebula (the blue area) and dark nebula. Also visible to the right of this image are the magnificent star forming regions of NGC6559, IC 1274 and IC 1275 as well as Open cluster NGC 6546 and Reflection Nebula IC 4685
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