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Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO), Michele Campini
Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO)
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Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO)

Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO), Michele Campini
Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO)
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Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO)

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Description

This is the first complete astrophotography I made with the new purchase, the small ASKAR FRA500 which in this case I used with its reducer that brings the focal length to 350 mm (F4).
The focal reducer, as mentioned above, does not do an exceptional job at the corners but in any case the result I can consider acceptable.
For this SHO processing (in which for obvious reasons I had to sacrifice a lot of the green channel where the hydrogen flows) I collected 3 hours of oxygen, 2 hours of hydrogen and almost 3 hours of sulfur.
I also mounted a physical spike mask in the tube and I'll take some pictures as well as I don't mind at all.
I am satisfied with the final result and I write it because it happens very rarely.

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Elephant's Trunk nebula (SHO), Michele Campini