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IC5146 - Widefield Image
 

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Date/Location: Corringham  8 & 10 September 2006, 6 September 2008
Equipment: Tak FS60C 60mm f/5.9 refractor on AP900 mount
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM CCD camera with Astrodon filters. LRGB 90/63/63/63 (all 3 min subs)
Notes: An improvement over my composite image below.
This is a composite image with detail for the Cocoon Nebula taken from this image obtained with an 8" f/5 Newtonian

 

 

You can see a close up picture of this object here

 

Date/Location: September/October 2003  Corringham, Essex and Dengie Marshes, Essex
Equipment: 6" F9 AstroPhysics refractor on AP900 mount
Camera/Exposure: HX916 ccd camera / Olympus OM1 E200 slide film, 30 mins exposure
Processing: Photoshop CS
Notes: This is a composite picture - a ccd image was merged with a widefield film image.

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