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This version of the Dumbell Nebula was taken from my driveway under clear, but mag 3.5 skies! As a result, 134 minutes of total exposure was used through an IDAS filter on the 12"SCT. Some evidence of field curvature is also evident on this cropped image. The scale is rather large, owing to the f/5.65 speed on the 12". Guiding was performed by the Tak Sky90, 2x barlow and the MX7C camera.

Image info:

12"LX200 on a Losmandy Titan Mount

Starlight Express
SXV-H9C

67x2 mins

f/5.65 (15 mm spacer used)

Stacked and processed in Astroart

guided with the MX7C on a piggybacked Sky90 refractor with 2x barlow

10.17.03

My driveway