NGC 1435 Merope Nebula

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September 20, 2013 at 9:12 am

Mark Griffith

Swindon, Wiltshire. UK

GSO 8″ Richey-Chretien Optical tube, Skywatcher NEQ6 pro mount,Atik 383L+ camera, motorised filter wheel and Astronomik LRGB filters.

Taurus starting to be well placed for imaging.

Trying a close-up shot of the reflection nebula around the star Merope.

Spider’s web in my optical tube. Managed to clean it out using a ruler. Image looks good so didn’t damage my tube.

LRGB image with 120 minutes worth of data.

2013-09-15T00:00:00

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