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Flame and Horsehead Nebulas, Rick Evans
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Flame and Horsehead Nebulas

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Flame and Horsehead Nebulas

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4-9-22. Takahashi FSQ106 N with Canon FS 60D and Astronomic UV/IR block L-3 clip filter. 1 hr 19 min total exposure time in 1 minute  tracked, guided, and dithered subs.  EQ6-R Pro mount.  Evoguide 50mm guide scope with ZWO ASI 120MM minicam.  Clear, calm cool.  Roughly 1st quarter moon rising but not close enough to affect imaging in Orion. The atmosphere was very turbulent though, much more so than usual and Orion was low in the sky.  These things and the degree of cropping and upscale resizing tended to produce an image that perhaps some people would call slightly soft for Takahashi optics.

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Flame and Horsehead Nebulas, Rick Evans