Observation by Dean Ashton: NGC1514 - The remnants of a pair of dyin...

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Dean Ashton

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2016 Oct 09 - 21:43

Uploaded

2018 Mar 10 - 10:53

Objects

The Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC1514)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04^h09^m
Dec: +30°46'
Position angle: -2°52'

Field size

0°26' × 0°19'

Equipment

235mm Celestron EdgeHD SCT
Celestron CGEM
Nightscape OSC CCD with TEC control. Camera CCD temperature set to --10.0oC.
Off axis guide configuration using a LoadstarX2 guide camera.
Electronic starlight feather touch focuser using BOSS II control system.

Exposure

11x600seconds f/10

Location

St Austell, Cornwall UK

Target name

NGC1514

Title

NGC1514 - The remnants of a pair of dying stars

About this image

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has imaged NGC1514 in infrared and provided evidence that the unusual shape of this planetary nebula is the result of the dust ejected by a pair of dying stars at its centre.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20101117.html

I captured this image on the 9th October 2016 from 11 ten-minute light frames. Image calibration, stacking and processing was all carried out using PixInsight

Files associated with this observation

Nebula NGC1514_11x600.jpg (1.7 MB)

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