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The Cave Nebula, Sharpless 2-155, Caldwell 9,
Zoom in to the core of the Cave Nebula below:
Click on the image above for a full resolution zoomed 1600 x 1200 view of the core of the Cave Nebula ~1MB.
Image Information
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Object |
Sharpless 2-155, Caldwell 9, The Cave Nebula |
| Imaging by | Greg Morgan |
| Date(s) | August 17 to 20, 2007 (4 nights) |
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Optics |
RCOS 12.5 inch f/9 Ritchey-Chrétien with a 2,857mm focal length |
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Mount |
Paramount ME |
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Camera |
SBIG STL-11000XM |
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Guiding |
Internal selfguiding with dithering |
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Field Scale |
0.64 arcseconds / pixel |
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FOV |
43' x 30' arcminute FOV |
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Chip Temp |
-15 C |
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Filter(s) |
Astrodon True Balance LRGB I-series 50mm |
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Location |
Sierra Remote Observatories, Shaver Lake California 4,610 feet |
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Exposure(s) |
LRGB = 18 x 1200, 18 x 1200, 18 x 1200, 15 x 1200 seconds (23 hours total) |
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Binning |
All channels at 1x1 |
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Camera control |
MaxIm DL 4 / CCDAutopilot 3 |
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Processing software |
CCDStack, Photoshop CS2 |
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Image notes |
This is first light with the 12.5" RCOS scope. CCDAutopilot 3 was used for the first time to automatically close the roof at the end of the observing run for this image. Thanks again to those who have loaned me hardware and given me advise on how to make this image possible! |
Full Frame FOV 43' x 30' arcminutes
Click on the image above for a 1/4 resolution view, 1002x669 pixels ~ 0.7 MB.
Click here for a 1/2 resolution view, 2004x1336 pixels ~ 1.9 MB.
Click here for a full resolution view, 4008x2672 pixels ~ 5.8 MB.
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