SH2-155 Cave Nebuka, Caldwell 9

SH2-155 Cave Nebuka, Caldwell 9
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Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK
Object name: SH2-155 Cave Nebuka, Caldwell 9
Apparent RA: 22 57  Apparent Dec:62 28
Constellation: Cepheus
23 Aug 2014
Very clear night with no Moon - everything up and running properly for once. 17x1200s frames on the Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 with the Astrodon 3nm Ha filter in front of the Atik 490 CCD Camera binned 2x on the Skywatcher 8inch F5 Newtonian and the homemade mount. Image was guide with an OAG and the lodestar guide camera.

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cCaptured , stertched and cropped in maxim - very slight contrast work 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 Atik 490 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

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK


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