IC2177 - Gum 1&2 - Seagull Nebula with Gum 3 - 4/1/2014 (Re-processed Cropped Stack)

Reprocessed for Worth 1000's Sky 2014 competition.... 4th out of 51 entries.

Gum 1 - The head of the Seagull nebula is both an HII region and reflection nebula. Gum 2 - The wings of the Seagull Nebula is a large HII shell surrounding some bright hot UV radiant stars. Gum 3 at tip of LH wing (RHS image)

A first semi-dark sky imaging of this object with my new Astrophotography modified Canon 70D from Perth Observatory, 30Km east of the Perth CBD. It compares very well to a prior attempt at the same location 10/1/2013 with f/4, 8" Newtonian, showing the greater Hydrogen-Alpha red sensitivity from the AP modification. This is probably my best image of this to date.

See also uncropped version.

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 14 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 24 DARK @ 120 Sec, 32 BIAS, 19 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6

Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with TeleVue 08.X Flattener/Reducer (f/4.8 FL=384), No filters, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 132' x 199' , Ambient 16-15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

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From 2014 First AP modified camera