The Cave Nebula

I confused this with the Pacman Nebula and was initially disappointed I couldn't get any of that detail!

 

Acquisition dates may be a bit off.

 

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA

Imaging Cameras

ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"

Accessories

Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses

SVBony SV106 60mm Guide Scope

Guiding Cameras

ZWO ASI120MM

 

 

Acquisition details

Dates:

July 21, 2022 · July 22, 2022 · July 23, 2022 · Sept. 21, 2022

Frames:

Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 101×120″(3h 22′) bin 2×2

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 125×120″(4h 10′) -10°C bin 2×2

Meade Blue 2": 39×120″(1h 18′) bin 2×2

Meade Green 2": 39×120″(1h 18′) bin 2×2

Meade Red 2": 39×120″(1h 18′) bin 2×2

Integration:

11h 26′

Darks:

100

Bias:

100

Avg. Moon age:

24.27 days

Avg. Moon phase:

28.54%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6720139

 

RA center: 22h56m44s.6

 

DEC center: +62°34′12″

 

Pixel scale: 0.640 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 187.425 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.497 degrees

 

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Resolution: 4570x3211

 

File size: 17.4 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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