RA: 02h 57m 24.0s Dec: +60° 40', Mag: - , Size: 4 arc minutes, Distance: 2500 ly
RA: 02h 57m 24.0s Dec: +60° 40', Mag: - , Size: 4 arc minutes, Distance: 2500 ly
IC 1871 is a faint emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. This nebula is part of a much larger structure called IC 1848 also known as the Embryo or Soul Nebula. This section displayed would be the mouth of what looks like the embryo.
| Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory - October 2010 Temperature - Low 30's F |
| Telescope |
Deep Sky Instruments RC10C , F/7.3, Losmandy G11 Gemini, Prime Focus,
Image scale 0.82 arcsec/pixel |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8, AO8 Baader HaLRGB AR Filters CCD temp -15°C |
| Exposure Times | Ha 29x15m (R)6x10m (G) 6x10m (B) 6x10m Bin 1x1 |
| Other Information |
Image planning - CCD Navigator Image acquisition/focus/guiding/dither - CCD Autopilot4 w/CCDSoft/TheSky6/PinPoint |
| Image Processing |
* Images Plus- Calibration, Normalize, Alignment, Min/Max Avg Combine, Deconvolution * FITS Liberator 2 - Stretching * Adobe CS4 - HA+R+GB combine, Levels, Curves, Sharpening, Noise reduction, JPEG conversion |
