Ha OIII SII mix
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SII Ha OIII mix (Hubble's Pillars of Creation Mix)
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Ha OIII OIII mix
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Component data:
Ha only
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[OIII] only
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[SII] only
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Taken on June 27, 2003 at Fremont Peak State Park, near San Juan Bautista, California
Equipment Used:
AP155EDF at f/7 (1085mm FL)
AP1200GTO Mount
AP80mm Guidescope
SBIG ST10XME imaging Camera (binned 2x2, operated at -12C)
SBIG ST7E guide Camera
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CFW1 Filter wheel
Custom Scientific Ha, [OIII], [SII] 3nm passband AR-coated emission line filters
Optec TCF-S focuser
4 exposures of 20 minutes each through Custom Scientific 3nm Ha, [ OIII] and [ SII] emission line filters. Four hours total exposure time
Red = Ha 656.3nm
Green = [OIII] 500.7nm
Blue = [SII] 672.4nm
Maxim DL 3.10 used for camera control
Sigma Beta 10 used for darks, flats, biases, layer combinations
Photoshop used for final touchup, resizing and format conversion