SVX102T - Sh2-1
Sebastian Marchi (@luz.sideral on Instagram) caught this crisp image of Sh2-1 in Scorpius with his SVX102T. The telescope is located in the Desierto Cósmico remote observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This emission and reflection nebula is located about 650 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent diameter of approximately 150 arcminutes. It houses a central star that is not part of its system, nor a leftover remnant.
According to Sebastian: The telescope is located on a remote observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This observatory is the final result of a long-time project of a local astrophotographer, and I feel that it has contributed a lot for the image to become an IOTD (Image of the Day on AstroBin).
Details:
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T
Camera: ZWO ASI3600MM Pro
Mounts: iOptron CEM70
Filters:
- Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-alpha 36 mm
- Astronomik Deep-Sky Blue 36mm
- Astronomik Deep-Sky Green 36mm
- Astronomik Deep-Sky Red 36mm
- Astronomik L-2 Luminance UV/IR Block 36m
Accessories:
- Pegasus Astro Falcon rotator
- Pegasus Astro FocusCube2
- Pegasus Astro Powerbox Advance
- Stellarvue SFFR.74-102T-3FT
- ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2
- Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
- Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator
- Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
*This shot was awarded Image of the Day on July 24th on AstroBin. For more details and an in-depth look, visit Sebastian’s AstroBin.
References:
Salvatore Iovene - http://iovene.com/. (n.d.). SH2-1 in HALRGB. AstroBin. https://www.astrobin.com/l8e2cz/
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, June 12). SH2-1. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh2-1
