Object Info | |
Object Name | IC2946 - The Bat Nebula or Running Chicken Nebula |
Type | Emission Nebula; |
Centered at: | RA: 11h 12m 36.5s Dec: -60°50'32" |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Image Field | 76 x 56 arcminutes |
Notes |
This is a hydrogen-alpha,four-part mosaic taken through a Schuler (10nm) Hydrogen Alpha Filter. |
Taken from: |
Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S |
On: | 16th, 17th, 24th and 28th-May-2005 |
Image Info | |
Telescope | Intes MN61 - 6" f6 Maksutov-Newtonian |
Focal Length | 900 millimetres |
Telescope guiding | External via ST-5c 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 | 1.5 arcseconds per pixel unbinned |
Processed with: | Mira A/P, Maxim DL, AIP4Win, CCDSharp, Photoshop |
Hydrogen Alpha Exposures | Ha = 60 minutes for each quarter |
Image Calibrations | All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded. |