The Spider Nebula, IC417, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Auriga. It lies about 10,000 light-years away in the outer part of our Milky Way galaxy.
| Exposure |
• 7½ hours (45 X 10 minutes) @ -20°C • Dusk flats • Camera position angle: 0° |
| Processing |
• With PixInsight: ☞ Calibrate, star-align, and integrate subframes ☞ Background neutralization ☞ Histogram transformation ☞ Shrink stars • Noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise AI • Final tweaking and sizing in Photoshop CS6 |
| Date and Location |
•December 8, 2021 • Louisa County, Virginia, USA |
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Equipment |
• TMB-130SS APO refractor @ f/7 on an A-P 1200 mount • ZWO ASI-1600MC Pro color camera • Guided with a ZWO ASI-120M camera on a 60mm f/5 scope • Imaging and autoguiding with MaxIm DL 6.20 • Automated image acquisition with ACP Observatory Control |
Updated May 23, 2023