NGC 1435 Merope Nebula

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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