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Object Info
Objects (Brightest nebula) NGC1955/68/74 (upper), NGC1929/34 (lower)
Type Emission Nebula;
Location RA: 5h:26m30s Dec: -67:49':27"
Constellation Dorado
Image Field 56 x 70 arcminutes
Notes A two-part mosaic
Taken from: Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland
Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
Images taken over the following dates 18/9, 4/12/2005.



Image Info
Telescope Intes MN61 - 6" f6 Maksutov-Newtonian
Focal Length 900 millimetres
Telescope guiding External by ST5C on 102mm f5 refractor
Telescope control Astrometric Sky Walker II
CCD camera SBIG ST-10xe
Camera cooling Regulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Image scale 1.5 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with: Maxim DL/CCD, Mira A/P, PixInsight Standard Beta, Photoshop
Exposures (each mosaic half) Ha = 180 minutes for each half
Image Calibrations All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.