Observation by Simon Paul Davis: Wolf Rayet 134 in Cygnus

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2024 Aug 28 - 21:40

Uploaded

2024 Aug 29 - 16:51

Objects

116108 2003 WR134
NGC6883
NGC6871

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h10^m
Dec: +36°09'
Position angle: -103°17'

Field size

2°16' × 1°45'

Equipment

Sharpstar HNT15028 150mm Newtonian
ASI1600MM Pro
OAG with ASI2900MM
Ha Oiii filters

Exposure

40 x 240 Seconds Guided, Ha and Oiii

Location

Hampshire Bortle 5/6

Target name

WR134

Title

Wolf Rayet 134 in Cygnus

About this image

I'm come across some beautiful pictures of this region of Cygnus centred around the Wolf-Rayet star WR134. I was interested to see if the outer ring of the bubble of ionised Oxygen surrounding WR134 would be visible in the final narrowband image. If you zoom in on the centre of this HOO picture it is just faintly visible. The bubble is caused by material swept up by the stellar wind from WR 134 which is estimated to be 400,000 times brighter than our sun. Of course much of its radiation is in the ultra-violet region or beyond rather than visible light.

Files associated with this observation

WR134_final.jpg (1.6 MB)

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