Michael A. Stecker
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Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) in Cepheus
shot with 10-inch Newtonian telescope
 The Shark Nebula is a dark-dusty nebula 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus.  Its dark portion is LDN 1235 (Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae n° 1235). There are also two adjacent blue reflection nebulae: van den Bergh (vdB) 149 &150 and a small distant yellow-colored galaxy PGC67671 on the right.
This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael A. Stecker.
file:  Shark175minASI6200mc16&17Jun24_GraXpert2-1cr1asm.jpg
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Photographic Data
 Date:
June 16-17, 2024

 telescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
(10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector)
FL= 1,000 mm
 cropped photo
 
mount:
Astro-Physics 1200GTO

guiding:
Off-axis, ZWO ASI120MM mini guide camera
imaging cameras:
ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro (one-shot color)
cropped image

exposure:
175 minutes (2.9-hrs)

processing
Maxim-DL, ASI Studio and Adobe Photoshop Elements

photographic site:
Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park California)
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation)
 
 
 

Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) in Cepheus
shot with Askar 103 APO telescope at f/4
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Photographic Data
 Date:
July 16 2024

 telescope:
 Askar 103 APO triplet refractor reduced to f/4
FL= 412 mm
 cropped photo
 
mount:
Astro-Physics 1200GTO

 imaging cameras:
ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro (one-shot color) and ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro (monochrome camera)
cropped image

exposure:
450 min color camera, HA 180 min, Lum 159 minutes
total exposure time: 789 minutes (13 hours)