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Winner - Texas Star Party Astroimgaing Competition:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/texas_star_party_2018
AAPOD: http://www.aapodx2.com/2019/20190321.html
About 900 light years away, this faint molecular cloud lies in the constellation Eridanus but
it is actually lit up by the brilliant giant blue white star Rigel, the brightest star in Orion
and seventh brightest star in the sky. Faint red hydrogen emission also permeates the whole scene.
The profile of a witch's face is clearly seen in the cloud, complete with straggly hair, big eye
sockets, a hooked nose, open mouth and big chin
Takahashi FSQ106EDX4
FLI Proline 16803, CFW-5-7, Robofocus
LHaRGB = 240 160 70 70 70min = 10.2hrs total exposure (bin 1X1)
New Deep-Sky RGB Astronomik filters
-30C chip temp, dark frames and flats (using Aurora Flat Field Panel) applied
Focal length 530mm, FOV = 4deg X 4deg
Image scale 3.5"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Lodestar
Comments
Data collected over three nights 10, 12 and 13 Dec 2017, average seeing, some Moon
Equipment setup:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/166437746/original
Some links to equipment used to take this image:
StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment
http://www.sxccd.com/products
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:
http://www.flicamera.com/
Astro Shop (Aus)
http://www.astroshop.com.au/
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 5
http://www.msb-astroart.com/
Catseye Collimation
http://www.catseyecollimation.com/
STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:
http://www.staratlaspro.com/
Copyright Michael Sidonio 2024
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