Cave Nebula
Description: Bright Nebula
Common Name: Cave Nebula
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: N/A
IC: N/A
Caldwell: C9
Sharpless: Sh2-155
Constellation: Cepheus
Size: 50 x 30 Arc Minutes
Visual Magnitude: +7.69
Distance: 2700 Light Years
Cave Nebula
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Filter: Hydrogen Alpha 7nm
ISO: 1600
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 6 x 20 Minutes
Dark Frames: 4 x 20 Minutes
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: 20
Capture Program: APT
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 01/08/2020
Image Type: Hydrogen Alpha
Dark Site?:Yes
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: Voyo Mini Windows PC
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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