SH2-168 Sharpless HII regions. Sh2-169 and Sh2-168

SH2-168 Sharpless HII regions. Sh2-169 and Sh2-168
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Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK
Object name: SH2-168 Sharpless HII regions. Sh2-169 and Sh2-168
Apparent RA: 23 52 56.5  Apparent Dec:60 29 04
Constellation: Cassiopeia
27 Aug 2013
Slowly making my way around the Sharpless Catalogue regions in the Milky Way. This region contains two Sharpless objects. Sh2-168 is the bright region in upper left. This is extremely bright and sadly overlooked by a lot of imagers. Sh2-169 is the much dimmer region in the lower centre, and hardly shows despite over 5 hours of exposure with the Skywatcher 200 newtonian telescope.

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cCaptured in maxim and slight noise reduction in photoshop.

This object is part of the Sharpless Catalogue of HII regions

This image was autoguided using my homemade off axis guider with Lodestar.

Imaged with my homemade telescope mount


Exposure Details :

Coma Corrector Astrodon 3nm Ha 17x1200s on 200 @ F5 f.l. 1000 with Artemis 285 camera

Equipment:


Skywatcher 200 Newt (upgraded with OO Hilux secondary)
Sky 90 Refractor
Homemade focus motor
Homemade filterwheel / OAG combo with Lodestar guide camera
Atik 490 CCD camera
Homemade Telescope mount

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