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  Nebulae NGC 3576 in the light of Ionised Sulphur, Hydrogen and Oxygen
** Using new low reflection Astronomik 12nm Ha SII OIII filter set
Cropped from full frame image here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/113509839/original 
AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener 
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7 
SII Ha OIII 60 90 60 min (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats) 
12MPPS download speed = 1.5sec/full frame download at bin 1X1. 
Image scale 1.6"/pix 
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9
Comments: 
Taken from Bob and Pats farm
Average to poor seeing
 http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/107700957/original 
Some links to equipment used to take this image: 
Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) CCD cameras and equipment: 
 http://www.flicamera.com/ 
StarlightXpress CCD cameras and equipment
 http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/ 
Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: 
 http://www.astro-electronic.de/ 
Gerd Neumann/Astronomik filters: 
 http://www.gerd.neumann.net/ 
 http://www.astronomik.com/ 
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 
  
Copyright Michael Sidonio 2024
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