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Faint Gas Cloud Near Alnilam

OBJECT: Very Faint Gas in Orion near Alnilam (05 37 00, -02 21 40)

DATE(S): 02-17-10

OPTICS: Dream 16” Corrected Newtonian @ F3.75 with 4" corrector

MOUNT: Chronos HD32

CAMERA: FLI MicroLine 16803

GUIDING: Starlight Xpress LodeStar with MOAG/PhD Guiding software

FIELD SCALE: 1.24 arc seconds per pixel

CHIP TEMP: -20C

FILTER(S): AstroDon 50mm Square 3nm Ha

LOCATION: Sierra Remote Observatories, Shaver Lake, CA, 4,610 feet

EXPOSURES: Ha (10 min X 32)

BINNING: 1 X 1

CAMERA CONTROL: Maxim DL

PROCESSING: CCDStack, PhotoShop CS


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