The Heart of Auriga
The Heart of Auriga |
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| Lens: | Zeiss 180mm f/2.8 @f/4 |
| Camera:: | ST-2000XM w/CFW-8 |
| Mount: | EM-200 Temma |
| Guider: | STV w/135mm lens |
| Exposures: | Ha: 10x3min. R: 5x3min. G: 5x3min. B: 5x3min.(1x1) |
| Processing: | Images were captured using CCDSoft v.5. They were reduced, histogram adjusted, aligned and combined with AIP4WIN. The image was exported to Photoshop 7 for adjustment (cropping, Levels, Curves, Saturation). Finally, Grain Surgery was used to reduce noise. |
| Location: | My backyard in SE Minnesota. |
| Note: | The two large emission nebula at the lower center and middle right are IC410 and IC405 (the Flaming Star Nebula) respectively. The open cluster, M38 is visible in the upper left corner. |
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