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| The "Seagull Nebula" (IC 2177) -- full color |
 "Seagull Nebula" (IC 2177) taken with Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope) (monochrome ZWO ASI 6200MM-Pro camera: color H-alpha and RGB filtered) IC 2177 (Sh2-292) also referred to as the Seagull Nebula by amateur astronomers is a nebula of glowing hydrogen-alpha gas near the border of Canis Major and Monoceros. This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael A. Stecker. Click here for full resolution photo. file: ic2177Seagull-15-RGB3-MAS1a.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector) FL= 1,000 mm mount: Astro-Physics 1200 GTO Guiding: off-axis imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM true color shot with Hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters exposure and filters: A total exposure time of 4.2 hours with a ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full-frame monochrome camera. Filters/exposures: Red 105 minutes, Green 45 minutes, Blue 50 minutes Processing: Stacked and processed by James Foster with Maxim DL software and post-processed by Michael Stecker in Photoshop Elements 2021 . photographic site: James Foster observatory at Frazier Park California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion) |
 Cropped and rotated "Seagull Nebula" IC 2177: Askar 103APO at f/4 with ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera in H-a, Oxygen-III & RGIB This is a cropped and rotated image of James Foster's photo of the "Seagull Nebula" IC 2177 shot with my Askar 103APO at f/4 and a ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera with 3nm Hydrogen-alpha, 3nm Oxygen-III and RGB filters for 162, 210, 50, 92 & 78 minutes, respectively. Click here for full resolution photo file: IC22177-H&OIII&RGB3D2_tif-JRFrotcrx3dsm.jpg Photographic Data teleascope: Askar 103APO triplet refractor with 0.6X reducer focal length: 420 mm focal ratio: f/4 mount: iOptron CEM60 camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-pro full-frame monochrome astro-camera filters and exposures: 3nm Hydrogen-alpha, 3nm Oxygen-III and RGB filters for 162, 210, 50, 92 & 78 minutes. respectively total exposure time: 892 minutes (14,8 hours) |
 This is the rotated full-frame precursor to photo above before it was rotated and cropped Click here for full resolution photo file: IC22177-H&OIII&RGB3D2_tifJRF-orig-flipssm.jpg |
| Color camera photo of "Seagull Nebula" IC 2177 |
 "Seagull Nebula" IC 2177 taken with Askar 103APO refractor at f/5.5 (color camera: ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro) file: C2177Askar103-70minEXPasi6200MC-JRF1-mcr-sm.jpg Click here for full resolution photo Photographic Data telescope: Askar 103 APO triplet refractor with 0.8X focal reducer Aperture: 103 mm (4-inch) Focal ratio: f/5.5 Focal Length: 560 mm cropped image mount: iOptron CEM60 imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro color astro-camera cropped image exposure: 300 sec X 14 (a breif 70 minutes) photographic site: Pinion Pines Estates (Frazier Park California) (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation) |
