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IC4628_LRGB.jpg

Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It forms part of the tail of the "False Comet" anchored by the bright open cluster NGC 6231.
Per Wikipedia.

Telescope: William Optics FLT132

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM/P

Filter Wheel: ZWO & Position Filter Wheel

Filters: QHY 36mm unmounted L R G B, Baader 36mm unmounted HA OIII SII

Guidng: ZWO OAG-L

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini

Mount: AZ-EQ6

Mount Control: EQASCOM

Focusing: SharpSky Pro and Sequence Generator Pro 3 (automated)

Light Box by Exfso

Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro 3

Guiding Software: PHD2

Calibration and Stacking Software: PixInsight

Processing Software: PixInsight

Number and Type of Data Frames: L=100X1min, R=29x3min, G=30x3min,
B= 10x3min

Ha= xmin , SII= xmin, OIII= xmin

Binning: 1x1

Total Image Time: 5.11 hrs

Location: Lockleys Observatory B, Tanunda, Sth Australia


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