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Object: Sharpless Catalog SH2-249 (IC444) - Constellation Gemini

Distance: 5200 light years

Date Imaged:  Feb 10 through March 11, 2013

Dates Images Processed: Initially 2015, Revised 2016, Revised 2017, Final June 2019

Telescope: Takahashi TSA 102 with Field Flattener (800mm Focal Length)

Camera: STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -25 deg C sensor temperature

Exposures: 30.2 hours total duration

32 Luminance- 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

24 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

26 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

27 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

24 Halpha - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1