Lynds Dark Nebula 1251, Anglerfish Nebula

Constellation: Cepheus        Distance: 980 lightyears

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 10 hours, LRGB = 330:100:90:90 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Filters: Baader LRGB O3
  • Instrument: Televue 85 with focal reducer/field flattener focal distance 474 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location and date: France Etoile St.Cyrice, 27 28 31 August and 1 September 2016

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control:
  • 21 Luminance of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 10 Red + 9 Green + 9 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 15 min + 20 Dark frames of 10 min
  • 50 Bias frames

Processing in PixInsight 1.8