Molecular Clouds Barnard 92 and Barnard 93
04-Sep-2019
The dark molecular clouds of Barnard 92 (center) and 93 (left) are superimposed over the Messier 24 Sagittarius Star Cloud.
Image:
- 55x 240s Luminance
- 15x 120s Red
- 13x 120s Green
- 15x 120s Blue
Total integration 5.1 hours.
Hardware:
- Skywatcher Esprit ED120
- Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
- QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
- Astronomik 6nm narrowband filters
- Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
- Baader MPCC II coma corrector
Location:
- Imaged on 2 nights 12th June 2019, 20th June 2019.
- Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
- Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
- Captured with TheSkyX Professional
- Guiding with PHD2
- PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, noise reduction, histogram stretch, curves.
- Photoshop CC: Saturation, annotation.