furgle
11-08-2017, 05:19 PM
After a brief hiatus from Astronomy to build a new, larger observatory (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=160062), I've chosen another difficult target that was surprisingly bright.
The Saturn Nebula is a tiny but complex planetary nebula, ~4000 light years away in Aquarius. The Saturn Nebula gets its name from its resemblance to the planet Saturn to the observer.
**Image:**
* 103x 60s Luminance
* 39x 60s Red
* 39x 60s Green
* 33x 60s Blue
Total exposure 2 hours 16 minutes.
**Hardware:**
* Celestron 11-inch Edge HD
* SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
* QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
* Astronomik Typ2 LRGB filters
* Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
* Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
* Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
* Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
**Location:**
* Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Better resolution/non jpg image here (http://adam.lundie.com.au/astrophotography/Saturn_Nebula/Saturn_Nebula_20170810.html)
The Saturn Nebula is a tiny but complex planetary nebula, ~4000 light years away in Aquarius. The Saturn Nebula gets its name from its resemblance to the planet Saturn to the observer.
**Image:**
* 103x 60s Luminance
* 39x 60s Red
* 39x 60s Green
* 33x 60s Blue
Total exposure 2 hours 16 minutes.
**Hardware:**
* Celestron 11-inch Edge HD
* SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
* QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
* Astronomik Typ2 LRGB filters
* Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
* Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
* Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
* Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
**Location:**
* Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Better resolution/non jpg image here (http://adam.lundie.com.au/astrophotography/Saturn_Nebula/Saturn_Nebula_20170810.html)