[back] IC 405 in Auriga [NED]

Higher resolved image / höher aufgelöstes Bild   (2000 x 1414 Pixel)

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About this Image / Über dieses Bild

CCD: SBIG STL-11000M
Image Type, Orientation: LRGB-Composite, North is at 9:00h
Exposure time: L: 13x600 sec., R,G: 3x600 sec., B: 5x600 sec., all 1x1 bin
Exposure date: November 2009
Location: Skinakas Observatory at Crete, Greece, remote-controlled from Iraklion/Greece
Filter: SBIG 2" LRGB filter set for STL
Instrument: Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus (f=4938.3 mm)
Photographer: Makis Palaiologou, Stefan Binnewies, Josef Pöpsel
Seeing (FWHM): 1.25"
   

Remarks:

The source for the bluish color of the nebula in the upper right is the 6mag bright star AE Aur also visible in the upper right corner of the image.

   

Bemerkungen:

Die Quelle für die blaue Farbe des Nebels oben rechts ist der 6 mag helle Stern AE Aur, der ebenfalls in der oberen rechten Ecke des Bildes zu sehen ist.

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