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SH 2-27 (Emission Nebula West)
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Image Details:
- Camera: Mofidied Canon Digital Rebel (300D): Hutech (no filter)
- Mount: Celestron AS-GT
- Scope: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens
- Configuration: Prime Focus
- Additional Optics: n/a (Prime)
- Filter: None
- Effective Focal Length: 200mm
- Effective Focal Ratio: f/2.8
- Exposure: 33 x 4min @ ISO 200
- Total Exposure: 2hrs, 12min
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- Date: 7/6/2005 10:33:03 PM PDT (start)
- Location: Saratoga, CA, USA
- Acquisition: DSLRfocus
- Focus: DSLRFocus
- Dithering: Manual
- Guiding: GuideDog via Philips ToUcam Pro II (840k) through Orion ST80 w/ Celestron 2x "Kit" Barlow
Processing:
- IRIS: Dark subtraction, registration, gradient removal
- JimP: Flat field, Kappa-Sigma Stacking, White balance, ASINH stretching
- Photoshop: Levels, image scale, cropping, clone tool, JPG conversion
Image Description:
This is the Western portion of
SH 2-27 , a very large but very faint emission nebula in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Thanks much to Rich S. for bringing over his Modified 300D and 200mm lens.Move your mouse over the image above to see annotations of the various dark-nebula regions, or click on the image for a higher-resolution version. The image above is the full frame, shrunk for display on the web. Check out the Eastern portion of
SH 2-27 as well. North is right.