NGC1333 Nebula

Constellation: Perseus        Distance: 1.000 lightyears

NGC1333

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 5 hours 15 min, LRGB = 105:70:70:70 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -25 ° C, Baader RGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Etoile St. Cyrice, France and Wateren, Netherlands
  • Sky Quality Meter: 21,31
  • Ambient temperature: 6° C
  • Date: 18 September and 12 October 2015 2012

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 4.0 Camera Control with dither:
  • 7 Luminance of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 7 Red + 7 Green + 7 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields per channel with Aurora Flatfield panel
  • At home, camera in fridge:
  • 20 Dark frames of 10 min + 20 Dark frames of 5 min
  • 20 Flat darks (per channel) + 20 Bias frames

Processing in PixInsight 1.8
  • ImageCalibration, ImageIntegration, StarAlignment, ChannelCombination
  • HistogramTransformation, StarMask, PixelMath, MorphologicalTransformation
  • LRGBCombination, ACDNR, CurvesTransformation, SCNR, AtrousWaveletTransform