Dark Molecular Clouds of Taurus including Barnard 18 & 22

Imaged from Nova Scotia, Fall, 2023

LRGB Combination

Data
Altitude at culmination 71°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.1
Mean FWHM 5.3 arc-s
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM Nova Scotia Fall 2023, skies ~mag 6.6 - CCD @ -20C
Imaging OTA Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII with QE Reducer
Equivalent focal length and ratio 384mm @ f/3.6
Mount Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding PHD2/MMOAG/Ultrastar
RGB Total Integration Time 2hrs L-6x5min R-6x5min G-6x5min B-6x50min, Astrodon Gen 2 I series Filters. All Binned 1X1
Acquisition Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Processed Aug 2023 PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.2.1

Annotated Frame

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