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Horsehead Nebula


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IC 434
Horsehead Nebula
Date: December 19, 2005

Camera: SBIG STL6303E
Filters:  AstroDon 6nm Ha
Camera control software:  CCDSoft
Focal reducer:  None
Guiding/adaptive optics: None
Camera temperature:  -20C
Image Acquisition Software:  CCDAutopilot2 was used for certain aspects

Telescope:  RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9 with Field Flattener
Telescope control software:  RCOS TCC, TheSky6
Mount:  Paramount ME (MKS 4000)

Subexposures:
   Luminance:  Ha 6nm 10 x 10 minute, binned 1x1
  
Conditions: Moon, average seeing.
Processing: CDSoft, CCDSharp,  MiraAP, Sigma, Photoshop CS2.