Image of the Week

Image of the Week, July 29, 2016

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Juan Ignacio Jimenez Elephant Trunk

The Elephant Trunk, by Juan Ignacio Jimenez

After 15 days shooting photos and something more than a week processing, I present my new tile, 6 tiles per filter. This image consists of Elephant Trunk nebula in narrowband.

My equipment is as follows
Principal telescope and camera: TMB105 / 650 + QHY9M
Guider: EZ60-II + QHY5L
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Narrowband filter set: Baader 2″

Shots
10×1200″ in Ha, bin1
8×900″ in OIII, and SII, bin2

About the photographer

Juan Ignacio Jimenez
Location: Spain
Flickr, Twitter, Instagram

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