Spider and the Fly Nebula

Also know as IC 417. It is an emission nebula in the constellation Aurgia. It is estimated to be about 10,000 light years away.

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"The Spider and the Fly is a poem by Mary Howitt (1799–1888), published in 1828. The first line of the poem is "'Will you walk into my parlour?' said the Spider to the Fly." The story tells of a cunning Spider who ensnares a naïve Fly through the use of seduction and flattery."

 

 

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Date :  December 2015
Location : Arizona Sky Village, Portal, Arizona

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- AP 130 EDF with 0.75 Focal Reducer
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- QSI 683wsg with Lodestar 2x guider


Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : SynL R(Ha)GB combine        Total hours  17.2

Filter

# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Red

25

600

1x1

Green

25

600

1x1

Blue

25

600

1x1

Ha

14

1200

1x1

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