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Observation by Mark Phillips: IC349 Barnard's Merope Nebula RGB

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Mark Phillips

Observer

Mark Phillips

Observed

2019 Dec 13 - 17:38

Uploaded

2020 Jan 08 - 17:21

Objects

Merope
IC349
The Merope Nebula (NGC1435)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03h45m
Dec: +23°53'
Position angle: +5°20'

Field size

0°30' × 0°23'

Equipment
  • 250mm f4.8 Newtonian
  • Atik 460EX @ -15C
  • Baader RGB filters, IDAS P2
  • Capture: APT
  • Processing: APP, Photoshop
Exposure

3x180s each RGB, darks, flats, bias

Location

Edinburgh

Target name

IC349 Barnard's Merope Nebula

Title

IC349 Barnard's Merope Nebula RGB

About this image

As the Pleiades don't all fit in my FOV, I thought I'd go for the nebula around Merope. Only managed 3 exposures for each filter before clouds. I thought there was a flaw in the image below Merope but it turns out to be IC349. Didn't know about this one until I looked it up. Falls a bit short of the Hubble version of the image though...

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