NGC 896, The Fish Head Nebula
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:12 pm
I am not sure if Fish Head Nebula is official but people do refer to it as such. It is part of the Heart Nebula but it has a different NGC designation.
This image uses my Temperature Matching Method for achieving better stacks with an uncooled camera. You can read more about it
here.
Technical Details:
William Optics 71mm f/5.9
Altair 290M camera (uncooled)
Optolong luminance filter
Unitron Model 142 GEM
Passive tracking with PEC
No active guiding
Gain 100 (FWD: 15ke-, 3.66 e-/ADU)
Offset: 20 ADU
Exposure: 50s
Camera rotation: 3.8 deg E of N
Luminance:
69.0 degF: 8 frames
69.5 degF: 54 frames
70.0 degF: 26 frames
70.5 degF: 12 frames
Darks:
69.0 degF: 269 frames
69.5 degF: 141 frames
70.0 degF: 86 frames
70.5 degF: 113 frames
Flats: 100
Bias: 100
Total integration time: 66 minutes (it really needs more time)
SharpCap 3.1.5219
PIPP 2.5.9
Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2
StarTools 1.3.5.289
Brian
This image uses my Temperature Matching Method for achieving better stacks with an uncooled camera. You can read more about it
here.
Technical Details:
William Optics 71mm f/5.9
Altair 290M camera (uncooled)
Optolong luminance filter
Unitron Model 142 GEM
Passive tracking with PEC
No active guiding
Gain 100 (FWD: 15ke-, 3.66 e-/ADU)
Offset: 20 ADU
Exposure: 50s
Camera rotation: 3.8 deg E of N
Luminance:
69.0 degF: 8 frames
69.5 degF: 54 frames
70.0 degF: 26 frames
70.5 degF: 12 frames
Darks:
69.0 degF: 269 frames
69.5 degF: 141 frames
70.0 degF: 86 frames
70.5 degF: 113 frames
Flats: 100
Bias: 100
Total integration time: 66 minutes (it really needs more time)
SharpCap 3.1.5219
PIPP 2.5.9
Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2
StarTools 1.3.5.289
Brian