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14-MAR-2011 Press F11 for full screen mode

Celestial Fireworks (small)

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This image of Eta Carina Nebula was produced by asigning OIII to red, SII to Green and Ha to Blue.

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine16803 CCD & CFW-5-7
OIII SII Ha = 80 70 70min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filter 11.8nm
-30C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats)
Focal length 1300mm FOV = 1.6deg X 1.6deg
Image scale 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Comments:
Average seeing

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/81003751/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 4

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.skylab.com.au/

AstroHandy Accessories

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring

http://www.astrohandy.com


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