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09-APR-2018

IC2944 - The Running Chicken

This is a true colour image composed using mostly narrow band emission line data

Takahashi FSQ106EDX4
FLI Proline 16803, CFW-5-7, Robofocus
Ha OIII SII RGB = 120 120 120 16 16 16 min = 6.8hrs 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

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Data collected over two nights, 11 march and 5 April 2018, 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/


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strongmanmike200209-Apr-2018 14:55
Thanks Sakib! :-) and thanks for pointing out the SNR filaments too, I would never have known :-)
Sakib 09-Apr-2018 14:48
Wow this field of view is perfect for this nebula! It's easy to see the planetary nebula and you can even see filaments of a supernova remnant at the bottom. One of your best in my opinion!