IC 4812, part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud

IC 4812 is a prominent, dusty reflection nebula located in the constellation Corona Australis. Situated roughly 430 light-years away, it is part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, one of the closest and most active stellar nurseries to our Solar System. (The Sky Live)

Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.

Imaging Details:

Observatory: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, Australia

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Aperture: 106 mm (4.17 inches), f/3.6

Focal Length: 382 mm (with 0.73x focal reducer)

Camera: QHY 600M Pro

Filters: LRGB

Total Exposure: 7 hour 0 minutes

Image Processing:

PixInsight 1.9.3 Lockhart (x64);

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);

Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;

Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.4.1

Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios

Dataset from which the image was processed

IC 4812 - Panel 2

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Telescope Live

AUS-2-CMOS