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| OBJECT |
IC 2169 (blue reflection nebula left of center) and surroundings (image is reduced-size | other sizes: medium ,,original) Distance: 2,600 light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi FS-60C @ f/6.2 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 9x5min L (bin1x1); 2x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
29 January 2017 - Las Cruces, NM Published as Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD), 11 Jun 18. This image is LRGB. The Cone Nebula (out of this field of view, but which I imaged separately in LHaRGB here) is to the right and rotated from this image's perspective. |
