By Chuck’s Astrophotography
2016.10.13
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Tonight I captured IC 63 primarily as a narrowband test. This nebula does not emit sufficient light in the broadband range which consists of the Red, Green and Blue base of colors – so I used the Orion H-Alpha Extra-Narrowband Filter on it. 14 images were captured tonight – each one was a 5 minute exposure (70 minutes of total exposure time). Here is more info:
OTA: Celestron NexStar 8SE
Mount: Celestron Advanced VX (AVX)
Guiding telescope: Orion ShortTube 80 (ST80)
Guiding camera: LodeStar X2
Guiding software: PHD2
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM-Cool Mono
Filters: Orion H-Alpha Extra-Narrowband Filter
Image capture software: Nebulosity
Post-processing: PixInsight, Photoshop
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