IC 5146: The Trifid Nebula / Adam Block

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IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Picture Details:

  • Optics             24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope
  • Camera           SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera
  • Filters              Custom Scientific
  • Dates               June 17th 2010
  • Location          Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
  • Exposure          LRGB = 165:50:40:50 minutes
  • Acquisition       ACP Observatory Control Software (DC-3 Dreams),TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen)
  • Processing        CCDStack (CCDWare), Mira (MiraMetrics), Maxim DL (Cyanogen), Photoshop CS3 (Adobe)
  • Guest Astronomers:                   Bill Stoffers
  • Credit Line and Copyright        Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

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