Flaming Star Nebula in Narrowband
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) is a relatively bright nebula in the constellation Auriga with both emission and reflection elements. It is estimated to be approximately 1,500 light years from Earth.
This image uses a modified SHO palette in narrowband to represent the nebula, with extra RGB data collection to represent the stars in natural light. It is a first light image for a newly acquired QHY268M camera.
Equipment:
QHY268M Camera @ -5C and
Gain:56 Offset:25
Software Bisque MyT Mount
Stellarvue SVQ100 Astrograph Refractor, 580mm @ f/5.8
Antlia Pro Filters (3nm narrowband plus LRGB)
Askar FMA180 Guidescope/ASI290MM
Software:
Pixinsight Commercial Version 1.8
Lightroom CC
Photoshop CC
N.I.N.A. Control Software
Star XTerminator (Russell Croman)
Noise XTerminator (Russell Croman)
Light Frames:
Ha - 56 x 480 secs ( 7 hrs 28 mins)
OIII - 78 x 480 secs (10 hrs 48 mins)
SII - 81 x 480 secs (10 hrs and 18 mins)
Red: 28 x 30 secs 14 mins)
Green: 27 x 30 secs (13 mins 30 secs)
Blue: 28 x 30 secs (14 mins)
29 hrs 21 mins 30 secs total
Dark Frames:
10 x 30 secs (5 mins)
10 x 480 secs (1 hr 20 mins)
Bias Frames
60
No Flat Frames
