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Title: Eta Carinae in HARGB;
In the frame:
NGC 3372 (Eta Carinae Nebula) / Bright and dark nebulosity;
NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) / Open Cluster;
01-04-2020 17:49:24 UTC;
Observatory:
Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) MPC Q62;
30km west of Coonabarabran, New South Wales - Australia;
RSAA Australian National University;
https://www.itelescope.net/obs-sso
Image Composition:
1 Luminous frame, 32" exposure;
1 Red frame, 32" exposure;
1 Green frame, 32" exposure;
1 Blue frame, 32" exposure;
1 HA frame, 32" exposure;
Image processing with AvisFV 2.0 and Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.
Telescope:
106mm Takahashi FSQ Apochromatic, 0.10-m f/5 Astrograph + CCD;
CCD FLI Microline 16803;
QE 60% peak;
Full Well 100K e- Anti Blooming Gate;
Dark Current ~0.01 e-/pixel/sec at -30° C;
Pixel Size 9um Square;
Resolution 3.5 arcsec/pixel;
Sensor: KAF - 16803 Frontlit;
Cooling -25C Summer : -30C Winter;
Array: 4096 x 4096 pixels;
FOV: 238.8 x 238.8 arcmin;
Filters AstroDon Series 2;
Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, EXO, Ha, SII, OIII, NIR Luminance;
Position Angle 358º;
OTA Takahashi FSQ ED;
Optical Design Petzval Apochromat Astrograph;
Aperture 106mm (0.1 metre);
Focal Length 530mm (0.53 metre);
F/Ratio f/5.0;
Guiding External;
Mount Paramount PME;
https://support.itelescope.net/support/solutions/articles/231911-telescope-8
FITS Header:
CCD-TEMP= -25.000000000000000 /CCD temperature at start of exposure in C
SITELAT = '-31 16 24' / Latitude of the imaging location
SITELONG= '149 03 52' / Longitude of the imaging location
OBJECT = 'NGC3372 ' / Target object name
TELESCOP= 'iTelescope 8' / Telescope name
INSTRUME= 'FLI ' / Detector instrument name
OBSERVER= 'Fernando Schuindt' / Observer name
LAT-OBS = -3.12733333333E+001 / [deg +N WGS84] Geodetic latitude
LONG-OBS= 1.49064388889E+002 / [deg +E WGS84] Geodetic longitude
ALT-OBS = 1.16500000000E+003 / [metres] Altitude above mean sea level
OBSERVAT= 'iTelescope.Net T08 FSQ SSO' / Observatory name
RA = '10 45 06.00' / [hms J2000] Target right ascension
DEC = '-59 52 00.0' / [dms +N J2000] Target declination
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