The Prawn Nebula
Image Description and Details : The Prawn Nebula was taken with my own backyard observatory, in Posadas city, Argentina, during march 2021 and processed in july 2021. More than 26 hours of exposure were integrated.
Equipment:
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 120 ED Super APO Triplet
Imaging camera: QHY 16200A
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6R-PRO
Guiding telescope: Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50 APO Refractor
Guiding camera: QHY5III-462C
Software: Main Sequence Generator Pro · Photoshop CC · PHD 2 · Pixinsight
Filters: Baader Planetarium SII 2" 8.5nm · Baader Planetarium H-Alpha 2" 7nm
Frames:
H-Alpha: 42x900" (10h 30') -20C bin 1x1
SII: 40x900" (10h) -20C bin 1x1
OIII: 25x900" (6h 15') -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 26h 45'
Avg. Moon age: 15.88 days
Avg. Moon phase: 84.70%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Copyright: Christian Hilbert
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