Horsehead
Nebula and
Flame Nebula
Nebula and
Flame Nebula
| To the right: Horsehead Nebula Date: December 19, 2005 Camera: SBIG STL6303E Filters: AstroDon 6nm Ha Camera control software: CCDSoft Camera temperature: -20C Image Acquisition Software: CCDAutopilot2 was used for certain aspects Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 with Field Flattener Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6 Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000) Subexposures: Luminance: Ha 6nm 10 x 10 minute, binned 1x1 Conditions: Moon, average seeing. Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp, MiraAP, Sigma, Photoshop CS2. |
Wide field view of the Flame Nebula and the Horsehead Nebula in Orion taken while
testing equipment.
Image acquisition date: March 12, 2011.
Camera: SBIG STL11000
Filters: AstroDon Ha
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Guiding/adaptive optics: self-guided
Camera temperature: -20C
Telescope: Astro-Physics 155EDF with 4" telecompressor/field flattener, 835mm
focal length (f/5.4).
Telescope control software: TheSkyX, Focusmax, Alnitak Astrosystems Flip-Flat
Mount: Paramount ME
Total exposure time 87 minutes: 5 x 15 min and 4 x 3 min subexposures.
Image scale 2.21 arc sec per pixel. 50% Moon, light haze, target altitude 42-26
degrees.
Processing: CCDStack2, Photoshop CS5.
testing equipment.
Image acquisition date: March 12, 2011.
Camera: SBIG STL11000
Filters: AstroDon Ha
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Guiding/adaptive optics: self-guided
Camera temperature: -20C
Telescope: Astro-Physics 155EDF with 4" telecompressor/field flattener, 835mm
focal length (f/5.4).
Telescope control software: TheSkyX, Focusmax, Alnitak Astrosystems Flip-Flat
Mount: Paramount ME
Total exposure time 87 minutes: 5 x 15 min and 4 x 3 min subexposures.
Image scale 2.21 arc sec per pixel. 50% Moon, light haze, target altitude 42-26
degrees.
Processing: CCDStack2, Photoshop CS5.
