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Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Joey Troy
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Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Joey Troy
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Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 24, 2022 ·  Sept. 25, 2022
Frames:
Astronomik H-alpha CCD MaxFR 6nm 36 mm: 19×120(38′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Astronomik OIII CCD MaxFR 6nm 36 mm: 20×120(40′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Astronomik SII CCD MaxFR 6nm 36 mm: 20×120(40′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Integration:
1h 58′
Bias:
20
Avg. Moon age:
28.62 days
Avg. Moon phase:
1.19%

RA center: 21h38m51s.86

DEC center: +57°2923.6

Pixel scale: 9.703 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 89.480 degrees

Field radius: 3.239 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 2000x1337

File size: 5.4 MB

Locations: GNTO, Bosque, NM, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

This has been another one of those objects I have been wanting to capture for some time and was able to finally knock it out.

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Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Joey Troy