IC 4665


Open Cluster in Ophiucus
 
Other
image sizes:
1024 x 768
1392 x 1040

Details:

Optics Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5, guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/6.3
Mount LX200
Camera Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Filter Astronomik RGBIIc filters
Exposure L - 60 min x 30 sec, RGB - 30 min. ea. x 30 sec.
Processing Acquired in AstroArt3,DDP. , final work in Photoshop7
Date 06.23.06
Location Elk Grove, CA
Notes Seeing and transparency average to poor.  Star sizes were bigger than anticipated, and I had a red gradient to deal with.  It is possible that this gradient was actually nebular material, but I can't find any other images to support this, as this is an unusual target,