IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga
with 10" f/3.9 Astro  1/30/23

 
This
            nebula combines both red hydrogen nebulosity with an overlayment
            of bluish dust. Note that the pinks of the emission nebula that
            lie behind the blue parts render the mix more of a whitish color.
            The structures in the bottom half of this frame are reminicent
            of the Chandra Space Telescopes shot called "The Mountains
            of creation", and add a 3D depth to this image. Only a short
            3 hour RGB set for this one, going longer would have not made
            it too much clearer.

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: ASI120  w/80mm Vixen piggyback refractor
Exposure:  3h
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  22 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, deblooming, stacking: Deepsky Stacker, PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CC  Curves, Color Correction,  Cleanup

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