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Skull Nebula NGC 246



 

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Common Name Skull Nebula
Formal Name NGC 246
Date 10/28/2016
Constellation Cetus
Location BrewSky Observatory, Casa Grande, AZ
Equipment Celestron Edge 11
Temperature -10°C
Exposures
# Exp (sec) Filter Bin Net Time (hr)
7
9
900
3600
Red 1x1 10.75
6
6
900
3600
Green 1x1 7.5
7
8
900
3600
Blue 1x1 9.75
Total 27.5 hrs
Processing This version uses RGB channels. (Synthetic Lum by integrating RGB).
Calibrated in MaximDL
Aligned/Stacked/Processedin PixInsight
Notes Located 1600 light years away
Very dim, so I used 1 hour subs to get better signal level