M42 & NGC1977 image

M42 & NGC1977


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Description

SBIG ST2000XM w/CFW-8a Astrodon Series I RGB filters and Astrodon 6nm Ha filter Takahashi FSQ-106n piggyback on an 12 LX200GPS 148 minutes total L = 32 minutes R = 20 minutes G = 20 minutes B = 20 minutes Ha = 56 minutes 120 second sub-exposures autoguided by the integrated guider Central Core 5 minutes total R = 100 seconds G = 100 seconds B = 100 seconds 10 second sub-exposures autoguided by the integrated guider Layered the central core into the overall image. Total exposure time 153 minutes (over 2.5 hours!)