IC 1871

IC 1871 - Emission Nebula in Cassiopeia	SIIHaOIII
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Description IC 1871 is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The brightest component has an apparent dimension of 4 arc-minutes. The above image is the result of a total of 13 hours of narrowban imaging aimed at capturing the SII/Ha/OIII emission light of this nebula,, combined using the Hubble palette, and cropped for composition purposes.
Imaging Session Date: Ha: December 10, 2008, SII/OIII: November 11 & 12, 2009, processed on January 25, 2010 Target Coordinates (J2000) : RA = 02h 57m 22s, Dec = +60:40:20 (J2000) Exposure: Ha: 13 x 15 minutes, OIII: 14 x 20 minutes, SII: 15 x 20 minutes. All unbinned and imaged at -25C Camera: SBIG ST-10XME with AstroDon Ha/SII/OIII 6 nm filters Equipment: Takahashi FS-152 f/8 on Takahashi NJP mount Guiding: external guidescope Takahashi FS-60C and Meade DSI Pro Observatory control and automation software: CCD Commander V1.5.34, Maxim DL V4.56, FocusMax 3.4.1 Location: Theberge Remote Observatory, Robosky, Orangeville, Ontario

IC 1871 - Emission Nebula in Cassiopeia

SIIHaOIII

Click on image for full-size version

Description

IC 1871 is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The brightest component has an apparent dimension of 4 arc-minutes.

The above image is the result of a total of 13 hours of narrowban imaging aimed at capturing the SII/Ha/OIII emission light of this nebula,, combined using the Hubble palette, and cropped for composition purposes.

Imaging Session

Date: Ha: December 10, 2008, SII/OIII: November 11 & 12, 2009, processed on January 25, 2010
Target Coordinates (J2000) : RA = 02h 57m 22s, Dec = +60:40:20 (J2000)
Exposure: Ha: 13 x 15 minutes, OIII: 14 x 20 minutes, SII: 15 x 20 minutes. All unbinned and imaged at -25C
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME with AstroDon Ha/SII/OIII 6 nm filters
Equipment: Takahashi FS-152 f/8 on Takahashi NJP mount
Guiding: external guidescope Takahashi FS-60C and Meade DSI Pro
Observatory control and automation software: CCD Commander V1.5.34, Maxim DL V4.56, FocusMax 3.4.1
Location: Theberge Remote Observatory, Robosky, Orangeville, Ontario

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