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

IMAGE DESCRIPTION & DETAILS:

Takahashi FS60c

ASI1600MM Pro

7 Position FW, 36mm

Feather Touch Starlight

Pegasus Astro

EQ6

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 198 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik S2 6nm: 137 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Astronomik O3 6nm: 115 ∙ 420s (gain: 139.00) -10C bin 1x1

Total exposure: approx. 52.5 hours

Location:

Colombari's Terrace, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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April - May - June 2021

Copyright: Roberto Colombari