HOO image
Target Information
- ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION(S): Caldwell 49
- TYPE: emission nebula
- CONSTELLATION: Monoceros
- DISTANCE: ~ 5,200 light years
- Contains a central open cluster (NGC 2244)
Imaging Information
- IMAGING DATE(S): December 2019
- Hydrogen alpha: 20 min subs x 18, Bin 1×1
- OIII: 20 min subs x 14, Bin 1×1
- TOTAL EXPOSURE TIME: 640 mins = 10.7 hrs
Equipment
- TELESCOPE: Takahashi TOA-130F
- MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount ME
- CAMERA: SBIG STL-11000XM
- GUIDING: TC-237 (internal autoguide chip)
- FILTERS: Astrodon
- IMAGE ACQUISITION SOFTWARE: TheSkyX, CCDAP5, FocusMax V4
- PROCESSING SOFTWARE: PixInsight, StarTools