A stunning combination of the open cluster NGC1624 and the Emission Nebula Sharpless 2-212, this gem in Perseus is usually overlooked by most astrophotographers because of its smaller size. The nebula is intricately structured, and is an excellent example of a Stromgren Sphere. Processing: Calibration for Dark, and bias, and hot pixel removal - Maxim DL Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution, HF components - AIP RGB combine - Maxim DL, LRGB Combine - Photoshop 6.0 Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian Platform: Astrophysics 1200 QMD CCD Camera: SBIG ST7E w/Enhanced Cooling Exposure: LRGB = 60:20:20:36 (RGB Binned 2x2) Filters: RGB Tricolor Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing FMHW = 1.9 arcsec, Transparency 8/10 Outside Temperature: 10 C CCD Temperature: -25 C Processing: Maxim DL, Photoshop, PW Pro.
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