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| Object | IC 2948 |
| Info |
IC 2948 is a relative featureless emission nebula located between the Southern Cross and the constellation Carina on the southern border of Centaurus. It is a large emission nebula with scatterings of bright stars,in particular, Collinder 249. In the brighter portion of this nebula (bottom LH corner that we see a small group of dark clouds of the kind known as 'Bok globules'. They are named for the Dutch-American astronomer who first drew attention to them as the possible sites of star formation.It is around 6000 L.ys away. |
| Date | 10th & 11th(Ha) / 3/ 06 |
| Location | BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
| Instrument | Vixen VC200L working @ f9/ 1800 FL 0.77arcsec/pixel |
| Mount | Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto Control System with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
| Camera (CCD) | Starlight Xpress HX916 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider |
| Exposures | HA:119' ( 7 min sub exposures) All images were unbinned, no dark frames removed. Ha sigma combined. Image has been reduced to 85% for better viewing. |
| Guiding |
Orion 80ED refractor F7.5 with a Starlight Xpress MX516 usb. Mounted via a side by side accessory plate. |
| Filters | Astronomik 13nM Ha filter |
| Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions settled down at around 11pm after a hot day. A little unsteady and seeing a little soft. Moon at 82% luminosity. |