A diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Scorpio near Zeta Scorpii, the base of the tail of the scorpion. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 9 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5. Some high diffuse cloud about prevented capturing enough images for the stack. It would be good to try this in a dark sky and with 80mm APO to bring in a couple of star clusters in this busy area. Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian with no Coma corrector (borrowed from Stephen Boyd), Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 15C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
A diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Scorpio near Zeta Scorpii, the base of the tail of the scorpion. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 24 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS,40 FLATS, 32 DARK FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Having seen that this was relatively bright wth the borrowed 8" f/4 Newtonian a couple of nights earlier, I tried it with the 80mm APO. Whilst it still lacks detail that longer exposure darks skies would reveal it is a pleasing result. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 14C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
A diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Scorpio near Zeta Scorpii, the base of the tail of the scorpion framed between two open clsuters, NGC6242 on the left (~10 arcmin or 1/3 Moon) and NGC 6231 on the right (~15 arcmin or 1/2 Moon). DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 24 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS,40 FLATS, 32 DARK FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Having seen that this was relatively bright wth the borrowed 8" f/4 Newtonian a couple of nights earlier, I tried it with the 80mm APO. Whilst it still lacks detail that longer exposure darks skies would reveal it is a pleasing result. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 14C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
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