Observation by Callum Scott Wingrove: Spaghetti Nebula

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Callum Wingrove

Observer

Callum Scott Wingrove

Observed

2020 Jan 18 - 20:30

Uploaded

2020 Jan 23 - 09:34

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05h39m
Dec: +27°54'
Position angle: -155°00'

Field size

2°59' × 3°49'

Equipment
  • William Optics RedCat51
  • Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
  • ASI294MC pro
  • STC Astro duo narrowband filter
  • ASIAIR
Exposure

84x300s, Bortle 8, guided

Location

Stanmore Greater London

Target name

SH2-240, The Spaghetti Nebula

Title

Spaghetti Nebula

About this image

I captured this over 4 nights.  It’s very faint and not particularly visible in the individual subs.  its also covered by stars so had to do some star reduction to get it to start to stand out.  Quite a challenge from Bortle 8 with an OSC.

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Grant Privett
Grant Privett, 2020 Jan 23 - 22:18 UTC

Quite an accomplishment from Stanmore!

Callum Wingrove
Callum Wingrove, 2020 Jan 24 - 06:53 UTC

I did wonder if it was a fool’s errand when I previewed the individual subs and could only see stars, but it never ceases to amaze me the details that come out in the stacking process!

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