Observation by David Davies: The Dwarf Star at the heart of the Skull...

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2021 Oct 30 - 00:23

Uploaded

2021 Nov 20 - 11:33

Objects

The Skull Nebula (NGC246)

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Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 00^h47^m
Dec: -11°52'
Position angle: +0°07'

Field size

0°08' × 0°06'

Equipment

200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope
QSI 683 camera
Skywatcher EQ8 mount

Exposure

15 x 5-min RGB, 51 x 5-min luminance

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

The binary star at the heart of the Skull Nebula

Title

The Dwarf Star at the heart of the Skull Nebula

About this image

This is a supplementary image to my image of the Skull Nebula. In this version of the image, I constructed a further luminance layer by stretching the luminance data only modestly to preserve the shapes of the star images and to prevent blooming. I then sharpened the image a little using Topaz Sharpen AI.

The orange dwarf companion to the primary blue-white central star is now visible.

I'm just astonished at just how good the QSI 683 camera is at capturing star colours.

Files associated with this observation

NGC246_LRGB_whitedwarf_crop.jpg (321.3 kB)

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