Sharpless2-106 Bipolar Emission Nebula in Cygnus
 



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Exposure Data: 15.+19.07.2003.  H-alphaRGB: H-alpha=10x20min. (2x2), R=10x5min. (3x3), G=10x5min. (3x3), B=10x5min. (3x3), compl. 5 3/4 hours. 
 
Processing: Acquired via MSB AstroArt, no darks+flats, Sigma combined, RL-deconvolved in AIP4Win, registered in RegiStar, H-alphaRGB combined and other processing steps in Photoshop and Neat Image (many hours!).
 
Optical System: 348/3007mm Hypergraph-Cassegrain, Starlight Xpress SXV-H9, Astronomik Filter wheel FR-03, Type II.b-Filters and 13nm H-alpha-Filter, Astro-Physics 1200 ESCAP-FS-2-GoTo. Off-axis guided with Starlight Xpress MX 516 without AO7.
 
Comments: Average FWHM was 1,8 arc-seconds, Very stable seeing conditions with small image motion. Picture upsampled 15%.
 
Author: Michael Breite
 

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