Nebulae and Clusters 6
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NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula in Aquarius

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - APM 160mm Mak Newt @ f5.7

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L=Ha/R=Ha/G=OIII/B=OIII,  Ha= 12 x 7.5 minutes, OIII=11 x 7.5 minutes,  all exposures guided with Sky 90 and MX 716 and unbinned,  Astronomik 13nm Ha filter, Astronomik OIII filter, Sigma reject combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined in PS CS

Date - September 2, 2004

 

NGC 281 the Pac Man Nebula in Cassiopeia

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - APM 160mm Mak Newt @ f5.7

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L=Ha/R=SII/G=Ha/B=OIII,  Ha= 8 x 7.5 minutes, SII = 10 x 7.5 minutes, OIII= 9 x 7.5 minutes,  all exposures guided with Sky 90 and MX 716 and unbinned,  Astronomik 13nm Ha filter, Astronomik OIII filter, Astronomik SII filter, Sigma reject combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined in PS CS

Date - September 9, 2004

 

IC 1805 the Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - APM 160mm Mak Newt @ f5.7

Mount - MI-250

RGB, /R=SII/G=Ha/B=OIII, SII= 9 x 7.5 minutes, Ha= 8 x 7.5 minutes, OIII= 8 x 7.5 minutes,  all exposures guided with Sky 90 and MX 716 and unbinned,  Astronomik 13nm Ha filter, Astronomik SII & OIII filters, Sigma reject combined and RGB Combined in Maxim DL v4, additional processing in PS CS.

Date - September 25, 2004

 

IC 59 & IC 63 in Cassiopeia in Hydrogen Alpha

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - APM 160mm Mak Newt @ f5.7

Mount - MI-250

Ha= 17 x 7.5 minutes, all exposures guided with Sky 90 and MX 716 and unbinned,  Astronomik 13nm Ha filter, Sigma reject combined in Maxim DL v4, additional processing in PS CS

Date - September 26, 2004

 
 

M 76 in Perseus -  The Little Dumbell Nebula

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - STF 7" Mak Cass @ f/8.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer

Mount - MI-250

LRGB, L= 19x300s, R=9x180s, G=9x180s, B=10x306s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. Lum exposures binned 1x1, RGB exposures binned 2x2.  Astronomik Type II RGB filters, Lum Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB sum combined in Maxim DL v4, LRGB combined in PS CS.

Date - October 5, 2004

 

M 103 in Cassiopeia

Camera - SXV-H9

Telscope - STF 7" Mak Cass @ f/8.5 with AP 0.67 focal reducer

Mount - MI-250

RGB,  R=21x60s, G=21x60s, B=20x102s,  all exposures guided with Tak Sky 90 and MX 716. RGB exposures binned 1x1.  Astronomik Type II RGB filters, RGB exposures Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB combined in Maxim DL v4,

Date - October 21, 2004

 

NGC 869 & 884 in Perseus -  The Double Cluster

Camera-SXV-H9

Telescope- Tak Sky 90 @ f4.5

Mount- MI-250

RGB R=10x136s, G=10x102s, B=10x153s all unbinned, All exposures guided with MX 716 and STF 7" Mak Cass, Astronomik Type II RGB filters,  Sigma Clip combined in Maxim DL v4, RGB combined in Maxim DL v4

Date - October 24, 2004