IC410 - The Tadpoles in SHO Narrowband

I totally forgot to upload this image to Flickr, but also this is a re-processed image after learning some new techniques in post processing, but this is NGC1893 / IC410 or most commonly referred to as The Tadpoles, at a distance of over 12,000 light years from earth in the constellation of Auriga

 

Image Details:

Red 51x150S in SII 6nm Filter

Green: 51x150S in Ha 6nm Filter

Blue: 51x150S in OIII 6nm Filter

Darks, Flats and Flat Darks were applied in the image stacking process

 

Total Capture time: 12.8 Hours

 

Acquisition Dates: Nov. 19, 2019 , Dec. 30, 2019 , Jan. 3, 2020 , Jan. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2020 , Jan. 19, 2020 , Jan. 21, 2020 , Jan. 28, 2020 , Feb. 1, 2020

 

Equipment Details:

Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C

Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph

Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2

Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Focuser: Primalucelab ROBO Focuser

Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Filters: Astronomik 6nm Ha, OIII and SII 36mm

Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro

Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro

Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor

Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6

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Uploaded on April 20, 2020