M17 Swan Nebula
  • Details
    Date Taken: 07/01/2014
    Location: Brisbane Australia
    Telescope: Orion 120mm f/5.0 Refractor Telescope Optical Tube Assembly
    Other Telescope: Celestron cpc 9.25 sct
    Other Mount: Wedge/ Permanent mount
    Other Camera: Sbig STF 8300c
    Processing: Ccdops Photoshop
    Exposure: 16 x 300 secs
    Other Equipment Used: Star Shoot Auto Guider 52064, Orion Field flattener, Baader semi apo filter.
    Notes: M17. Taken through Orion 120mm refractor with field flattener and filter. Piggybacked on main scope. 16 x 300 secs at -5 degs. slight tracking error and centre of Nebula slightly overexposed to record outlining gas. Good seeing conditions. Cold. Auto guided with star shoot camera in main scope.