Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonHa/OIII/SII Exposure:15×600 Ha and 10×600 OIII/SII all 2bin 25 August 2016 The Elephant’s Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years […]
Month: August 2016
Crescent Nebula bicolor
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonHa/OIII Exposure:39×600 Ha and OIII all 2bin 12 August 2016 My second attempt to take a deepsky photo of this nebula. My first attempt The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in […]
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
Optics/mount : 12″ACF 2.7m AP-Reduzer Alt-5 Camera/filters: Atik 11002 AstrodonHa/OIII/SII Exposure:30×600 Ha and OIII all 2bin 07 August 2016 The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light-years. […]