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Photographer:
Steve Fry
Location of Photo:
El Dorado Hills, CA
Date/Time of photo:
November 2010
Equipment:
FSQ-106EDX at 530 mm focal length on Paramount ME. Total exposure of 2.5 hours with STL-11000M camera, AO-L adaptive optics, and Custom Scientific RGB filters. Unattended imaging with CCDAutoPilot controlling TheSkyPro, MaximDL, FocusMax
Description:
The Witch Head nebula - interstellar dust is reflecting a ghostly light from Rigel (the bright star at the right foot of Orion). This was a relatively short exposure for this dim object due to non-cooperative weather, and a synthetic luminance image was created from the RGB data. Taken in November 2010 at Sierra Skies Observatory in El Dorado Hills, California.
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