Object Info | |
Objects | NGC2359 |
Type | Emission/Reflection Nebula |
Centered at: | RA: 07h18m 20s DEC: -13d 13' 47" |
Constellation | Canis Major |
Magnitude | |
Size | 60 light years |
Distance | 4,000 light years |
Age | ? |
Dimensions | > 8 x 6 arcminutes |
Image Field | 56 x 38 arcminutes |
Notes | This is a hydrogen-alpha image taken through a Schuler 10nm filter. |
Taken from: |
TSO
Gold Coast, Queensland 27:56.08S 153:23.54E |
On: | 11th, 18th-Sep, 11th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, 25th-November-2004 |
Image Info | |
Telescope | Intes MN61 : Maksutov-Newtonian |
Focal Length | 900 millimetres |
Telescope guiding | SBIG ST5c at 1000mm |
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 | 1.53 arcseconds per pixel |
Processed with: | Mira A/P, Maxim DL, CCDSharp, Photoshop |
Exposure times | Ha = 150 minutes taken as 5-minute unbinned images. |
Image Calibrations | All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded. |