VDB 152 Wolf’s Cave Nebula
VDB 152 Wolf’s Cave Nebula
I got inspired by a fellow astronomer to target this object located near Cepheus in the northern hemisphere. It could use a bit more time but with 30 hrs on this target in RGB and Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sulfur filters I was ready to move on. This was also the first image taken with new diffraction cable routing system on the RASA 11 which maximizes them.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky RGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Date: September 25-30th
Ha: 200 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 67 x 300 seconds
Sii: 19 x 300 seconds
R: 61 x 120 seconds
G: 76 x 120seconds
B: 60 x 120seconds
Total Integration time ~30 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 25 for each filter
Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
