Bubble Nebula in Ha OIII OIII
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| Photographer | Wes Stauffer |
| Optics | A&M RC 400 IM-T |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Guiding | SBIG ST 402 through MMOAG with ProTrack engaged |
| Camera | Apogee U16M at -20C |
| Filters | Astrodon 5 nm Ha and SII, 3 nm OIII plus RGB for Stars |
| Dates/Times | August 10-21, 2008 |
| Location | Tiburon, CA |
| Exposure Details | 8 hours Ha, OIII and SII and 1 hour each RGB for Stars |
| Acquisition | CCDSoft 5 and The Sky 6 Controlled via CCDAutopilot 4 |
| Processing | CCDStack, Photoshop CS3 |
| Notes | This rendition of the Bubble Nebula is made up of
Hydrogen Alpha mapped to Red and
OIII mapped to Blue and Green. The relatively weak OIII data helps
define the bubble shape . SII data was used enhance the nebula
clouds outside the bubble. One hour each of RGB was used for the stars. The Ha, SII and OIII sub exposures were processed and combined in CCDStack with each receiving a 100 iteration deconvolution routine. Final adjustments were made in PhotoShop.  |
