Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lacerta (Lac)
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LBN 438, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
LBN 438
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LBN 438, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
LBN 438
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Description

LBN 438 is a galactic dark nebula located in the constellation Lacerta. It is illuminated by interstellar radiation which is known as Extended Red Emission (ERE).

Since changing over to my Tak 85 I've been struggling to get my focus to be consistent so after making sure all settings in my capture program were correct and checking my lakeside focuser many times, I finally found out that it was my focuser rail that was loose! finally consistent focusing : )

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Lum 104 x 300s

Red 77 x 180s

Green 57 x 180s

Blue 56 x 180s

Ha 63 x 600s

27 hours 50 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik LRGB,Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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LBN 438, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)