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Michael A. Stecker
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| Rotten Fish Nebula (LDN 1251) in Cepheus |
 Cropped version of LDN 1251 "Rotten Fish Nebula" in Cepheus -- version 2 LDN1251, known as the "Rotten Fish" nebula, is a dusty dark nebula in Cepheus composed of carbon and silicate with some ionized hydrogen. This cropped photo is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker shot with a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with a ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full-frame monochrome astro-camera. Exposures were LRGB of 100, 66, 67, & 67 minutes (subs L:60sec, subs RGB:100sec). Shot from Pinon Pines Estates, CA. file: RottenFish-LRGB2Acrop_GraXpertJRF-1bcr1d.jpg Click here for full resolution photo Photographic Data telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector) FL= 1,000 mm mount: iOptron Cem60 guiding off-axis imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro: LRGB exposures: LRGB of 100, 66,67, & 67 minute (subs L:60sec, subs RGB:100sec) .photographic site: James Foster observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park) California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion) |
 Wider field image of photo at top (v.1): LDN 1251: Rotten Fish Nebula in Cepheus file; RottenFish-LRGB2Acrop_GraXpertJRF-1bcrsm.jpg Click here for full resolution photo |
