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Dates & Location |
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December 2008 SMAP
site at Weed, New Mexico. Elevation 7269 ft. Lat 32.8°N Long 195.5W |
Catalogue identification |
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Flaming Star Nebula. IC405, SH2-229 |
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| Equipment Used | Officina Stellare
RC400 at 3304 mm focal length. Paramount ME German Equatorial Mount. Camera SBIG ST-11000M.SBIG FW-8L Filter Wheel. TheSky V6 Telescope control MaxIm DL V4.53 Camera control. |
Where it is in space |
Constellation of Auriga, in our Milky Way Galaxy. The Flaming Star Nebula lis about 1500 light years distant and spans about 5 light years. | |
| Acquisition | Remote session using RADMIN PC control from Ravenshead, UK. LRGB exposures:- 80:80:80:80mins using 10min sub-exposures | What it is | The Flaming Star Nebula is a large area of nebulosity in Auriga which glows by the intensely bright variable star AE Aurigae, the star in the centre of the image .This image shows only a small central portion of the whole nebula complex. Red glow indicates emission by ionised hydrogen, blue indicates reflection by molecular particles. | |
Processing Methods |
Images acquisition and telescope control with MaxIm DL V4.53 | |||
| Data reduction and Luminence De-convolution with CCDStack | ||||
| Master RGB image and Master Lum Image with CCDStack. Finished in PSCS2 |
