Be146 Dark Nebula in Centaurus


Be146 imaged in LRGB from a remote observatory in central Victoria, Australia

Equipment:
Imaging telescope: BeamTech CDK250
Imaging camera: QSI-583wsg
Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
Guiding camera: Starlight Express Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Filters:
Astrodon Tru-Balance RGB E-Series Gen 2,
Astrodon E-Series Gen 2 Luminance
Software:
Acquisition and automation: Starkeeper.it VOYAGER,
Guiding: PHD2,
Raw image calibration and stacking: CCDStack 2+,
Colour calibration: bf-astro eXcalibrator,
Star removal: StarNet++
Image tweeking: Photoshop CC-2020,

Location:
AstroTerip, Murrindindi Shire, Victoria, Australia
Dates:
28 February - 17 May 2020.
Frames:
Astrodon E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 149x240" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance RGB E-Series Gen 2: 159x240" -20C bin 1x1

Total Integration: 20.5 hours.

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Another one woderful result , congrats !

All the best and thanks for sharing
Leonardo

Really nice image, these targets are forbidden from my latitude. Thanks for sharing