A difficult region in Perseus containing a lot of very faint objects. In the centre is NGC 1491 within the Sh 206 complex. In the upper right is the Sh2-205 region and on the left is the smaller SH209 object. A couple of open clusters which as NGC 1496 and King 7 pepper the field. A long integraton with a wide angle SLR lens and a Hydrogen Alpha filter has struggled in the region despite a clear moonless night.
View full sized image of NGC1491 Nebula with Sh2-206, Sh2-209, Sh2-205 , King 7
Captured in ArtemisCapture, calibrated in ImagetoolsCa, combined in maxim, thuggery in photoshop. Total integration time 4 hours
This image was autoguided using my homemade off axis guider and my black and white SC1 webcam.
Current Imaging equipment configuration
Exposure Details :
Astrodon 6nm Ha 16x900s on 57mm @ F5 with ART285
Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK