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Observation by Alun Halsey: M27 in narrowband

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2018 Jul 12 - 01:30

Uploaded

2018 Jul 12 - 11:26

Objects

The Apple Core Nebula (M27)

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Constellation

Vulpecula

Field centre

RA: 19h59m
Dec: +22°43'
Position angle: -81°01'

Field size

0°28' × 0°21'

Equipment
  • Esprit 150ED APO
  • Atik 314L,SX filterwheel
  • Baader 2" Ha and OIII filters
  • SX OAG and lodestar guide camera
  • EQ6 Pro
Exposure

300 seconds

Location

Reading UK

Target name

M27 (Dumbell nebula)

Title

M27 in narrowband

About this image

 Took 7x300sec subs in Ha and same again in OIII using Esprit 150ED Apo,314L c/w SX filterwheel loaded with 2" Badder narrowband filters. Stacked in Astroart 5 moving to Maxim DL4 for colour combining (Ha,OIII,OIII). Final processing carried out in Photoshop CS2,adjusting hue and saturation to bring out the Hubble Palette.

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