Place Mouse Over Picture To See First Session Only (1 hour 40min) - Mouse Off Picture Is Total Exposure Of 5 Hours 16 Mins
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| Date: 31/12/2010 + 08/01/2011 |
DeepSkyStacker |
Name: Seagull Nebula - IC 2177 This cosmic cloud is one of many sites of star formation within the Milky Way galaxy. It is located 3,800 light-years away from Earth, inside the Orion spur, the same partial spiral arm of the Milky Way where our solar system is located. The nebula is nearly 240 light-years across. This image was captured in conditions of bad sky glow caused by high clouds and bush fire haze. Extracting the detail under these conditions is not without it's costs. I will need to add more data to this image when conditions are better.
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| Location: Greenwood WA (Backyard) | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Camera: Canon 20D - LP Filter Removed | Alignment Method: Automatic | |
| Optics: Skywatcher ED80. | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Exposure: (800ASA @ 5 Minutes) x 63 | RGB BKG Cal: Yes | |
| Total Exposure: 5 hr 16 mins | Per Channel Cal: Yes | |
| Guiding: DSI on Mead LX200R. | Method: Median Kappa-Sigma K=2/I=5 | |
| Filter: Astronomik CLS-CCD | Darks: Yes | |
| Focus: Bahtinov Mask | Flat: No | |
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| RA (J2000): 7h 5m | Levels, Colour Balance, Curves, Saturation Scaling, jpeg Conversion. | |
| DEC (J2000): -11* 14'' | ||
| Constellation: Monoceros- Canis Major | ||
| Distance: 3,800 Light Years |
