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Sharpless 2-240

Started by Dennis Persyk, 02/15/2006 05:41PM
Posted 02/15/2006 05:41PM Opening Post
Sh2-240 is a three-degree wide emission nebula in Taurus. It reminds me of the Veil with its beautiful filamentary structure. I captured a small chunk of it in a four-hour H-a exposure.

Takahashi E-160 astrograph @ f/3.3
4 hours in 15 minuted guided subframes via an Astrodon 6 nm H-a filter
AP1200GTO mount
SXV-H9 camera
Acquired in AA3; Processed in ImagesPlus

My image and accompanying finder frames are at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

Clear skies,

Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL

New Images http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm
Posted 02/18/2006 11:52PM #1
Dennis,
Cool image. I hadn't considered this one before, but it looks like an interesting wide field object.

Congrats on the capture and the processing.

Jim Thommes

Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR

http://jthommes.com/Astro/