Observation by Alun Halsey: The Hidden Planetary

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2020 Feb 27 - 23:30

Uploaded

2020 Mar 08 - 10:10

Objects

Abell 12

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 06^h02^m
Dec: +09°39'
Position angle: -90°55'

Field size

0°17' × 0°12'

Equipment

C9.25
QHY168C OSC
Ioptron CEM60
Skywatcher 72ED DS Pro
QHY5III 178

Exposure

300 seconds x 9= 45 minutes total

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Abell 12 aka the "Hidden" planetary

Title

The Hidden Planetary

About this image

Abell 12 aka the "hidden planetary" lies in close proximity to Mu Orionis. Nine subs at 300 seconds each taken through a C9.25 @ f/10 using QHY168C OSC (no filters). Autoguiding of CEM60 used a Skywatcher 72ED pro and QHY5III 178. Images stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2,no flat nor dark frame subtraction.

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abell-12-9x300sec.jpg (276.9 kB)

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