IC4603 & IC4604 in Rho Ophiuchus Complex

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Object Description: These two reflection nebulae are located in the colorful Rho Ophiuchus Nebula Complex. IC 4603 is on the right and IC4604 is on the left surrounding the triple star which gives this complex its' name.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D unmodified
Mount: ParamountME
Filters: no filters

 

Date Taken: Over two nights 12-13APR2008
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: 21.91mags/arcsecond^2, transparency 4/5, seeing 3/5, temp 4C
Image Acquisition: 41x300s, iso800, using ImagesPlus3.0

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.0 used for bayerization, alignment, MinMaxExc combine, initial DDP. PSCS2 used for levels, curves, and star color enhancement. GradX for background equalization. Image cropped because I still don't have my system installation totally tuned as yet.


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