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The Flaming Star Nebula
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The Flaming Star Nebula
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| the Flaming Star nebula Visible in The Auriga constellation, lies about 1,500 light years distant, spans about 5 light years. Rippling dust and gas lanes give the Flaming Star Nebula its name.... More informations are also available at the Astronomy Picture of the Day website |
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| Optics |
130 mm f/6.7 Astro-Physics EDF Refractor with Prime focus field flattner 67PF56. TMB Triplet Apo 80 mm f/6 for guiding |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics AP 900GTO |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME. With a Remote Guiding Head |
| Filters | SBIG CFW9. Astrodon LRGB filters. Baader-Planetarium 7 nm Ha,SII,OII, filters |
| Focuser | Robofocus focuser and Focusmax software |
| Dates | November 2007. |
| Location | Lentin Observatory |
| Exposure | Ha = 460(46X10)minutes.bin1. Scale 1.6^s/pixel. T=-25°c |
| Acquisition | All data's were acquired unattended with ACP Observatory Control Software V5 DC3 Dreams and MaxIm DL 4, including sky flats , |
| Processing | MaxIm DL 4, PixInsight, Photoshop CS2. |
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