Ultimate Star Nursery – NGC 1333 in Perseus

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Image Details

Instrument – 14.5-inch f/9 RCOS Ritchey-Chretien with field flattener

Camera – Apogee U16M CCD camera with L R G B Ha SII OIII filters

Mount – Astro-Physics 1600 with permanent pier in observatory 

Guiding – Off axis SBIG ST-402 on Monster MOAG through RCOS

Exp. Time/Filters –  L(9.6 hrs), R(2.3 hrs), G(2.3 hrs), B(2.3 hrs) = Total 16.6 hrs

Location – Chiefland Astronomy Village (North Florida, USA)

Processing – CCDStack, Maxim DL, Adobe PS CS5