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Sh2-199 - The Soul Nebula

Ha Filtered

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Instrument

Takahashi FSQ-106ED @ f/5.0 (530 mm F.L.) Captured at 2.1 arcsec/pixel.  The Zoomify image scale is 4.2 to 7.44 arcsec / pixel.

Mount

Losmandy G11 with Gemini L4 v1.0

Camera

SBIG STF-8300M Self Guiding Package w/ mono ST-i, using an Astrodon 5nm Ha filter

Acquisition Data

11/13/2012 to 1/5/2013 Chino Valley, AZ... with CCDAutoPilot5 & CCDSoft.  Off-axis guided.

Exposure

Hα 

330 min. (22 x 15 min. bin 1x1)

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Software

  • CCDSoft, CCDStack, Photoshop CS6, PixInsight and Noel Carboni's actions.

  • CCDStack to calibrate, register, normalize, data reject, combine the sub exposures.

  • PixInsight for gradient removal and the initial non-linear stretching.

  • PhotoShop for final touch-up.

  • Noiseware Pro, a PhotoShop plug-in.

Comment

North is to the top.

The soul nebula, (sh2-199, LBN 667) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. The nebula is about 6000 light-years from Earth.