This image was two years in the making. Although I collected enough colour data in 2011 the last subs were marred by my target passing behind next doors tree! I had to wait almost 12 months to collect supplementary R,G and B data.

Taken on 1 February 2011 and 15 January 2012

This image was processed in PixInsight. HDR composition was used to combine 15s, 60s, 300s and 600s subs for the Luminance component.

Centre: RA 05h 37m 17s, Dec -04° 02' 29"
Camera Angle +270° 33'

Focal Length: 389.0 mm
Resolution: 4.77"/Pixel

Imaging scope: Takahashi FSQ106EDX at f/3.6
Camera: SBIG STL-11000
Filter: Astrodon LRGB
Capture Software: Maxim DL
Guide scope/camera: IKI 80mm/Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Mount: EQ6 Pro

Exposure:
Luminance 10x15s, 10x60s, 10x300s, 10x600s
Red 6x600s
Green 6x600s
Blue 6x600s
dithered 2.5 pixels

Processing: Stacked in CCDStack. Processing in PixInsight v1.7