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Sharpless 129 in Cepheus

 

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Scope: Sigma EX APO 150 mm DSLR lens at f/4,  Location: Laguna Mountains, CA  19 September,  2009,   Camera: Artemis285

Exposure: 12 x 7 minutes H-Alpha (1x1), 7 x 3 minutes RGB Exposures (2x2). 

Processing: Images were captured  with Artemis Capture (as FITs).  Aligned/stacked and dark subtracted in Astroart with Sigma Combine.   H-Alpha  and Color channels were scaled and  color balanced in Astroart.   Channels were co-registered in Astroart.   Luminance construction consisted of the H-Alpha exposure.  Curves and Levels applied in Photoshop to the Luminance construction to optimize object features.  A light background noise reduction was applied to the Luminance construction.  Final LRGB combine was done in Photoshop  using Luminance Layering in LAB color Space.  Color balance (more red) was applied to nebulosity at low signal levels (where there was luminance data but little to no color data).   A light sharpening  was applied to the final image.   Final Image size is approximately 1392 x 1040.

 North is up in this image. This is a hydrogen emission complex catalogued by Sharpless in his catalog as SH2-129. It is sometimes referred to as the "Flying Bat Nebula".  This field  is located in the constellations of  Cepheus.  This emission complex is about 1,300 light years distant from Earth.    The Vertical FOV is 250'.

Image center is located approximately - Equatorial 2000: RA: 21h 09m 25.4s Dec: +59°57'44"

 

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