Bat Nebula IC2948 & Open Cluster NGC 3766
(Two Panel Mosaic)
Top half is 219 * 1 minute
Bottom half is 203 * 1 minute
Total exposure time 7 hours
Takahashi Epsilon 160 (530mm f3.3)
Canon 20D (Hutech Modified) at ISO 1600
LPS-P2 Front Filter
Images Plus: RAW Conversion, Dark Frame & Flat Field Calibration, Combining Exposures
Registar: Mosaic Creation
Photoshop: Levels & Sharpening
13th April 2007
8pm-3am (AEST, UT +10)
Heathcote, Victoria (Astronomical Society of Victoria, Dark Sky Site)
Bright star above center is Lambda Centauri
Bat Nebula is IC 2948 (Bok globules evident in full size image)
Open Cluster at bottom is NGC 3766
Nebula at far left is Gum 39, Nebula at top left is Gum 41
North is Down in this orientation
