Friday, October 9, 2020
New photo, Sharpless 126 in lacerta
I haven't seen many pictures about this large and diffused nebula before.
This is a very good target for my photon hungry wider field setup, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-frankenstein-monster-my-current.html
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Sharpless 126, Sh2-126
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A bicolor image from the light from ionized elements hydrogen (H-alpha) and oxygen (O-III)
INFO
Sharpless 126 (Sh2-126) is a large emission nebula in Lacerta. The source of its ionization is the ultraviolet radiation from the star 10 Lacertae.
This region with its weak nebulous filaments is part of a huge star forming region, 1200 light years away from earth.
H-alpha alone
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Technical details
Processing workflow
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Deconvolution with a CCDStack2 Positive Constraint, 33 iterations, added at 50% weight
Color combine in PS CS3
Levels and curves in PS CS3.
Imaging optics
Tokina 300 mm AT-x f2.8 camera lens
Mount
10-micron 1000
Cameras and filters
Imaging camera Apogee Alta U16 and Apogee seven slot filter wheel
Guider camera, Lodestar x 2 and an old spotting scope of Meade LX200
Astrodon filters,
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
5nm H-alpha 3nm S-II and 3nm O-III
Total exposure time
H-alpha, 9 x 1200 s, binned 1x1 = 3 h
O-III, 1 x 1200 s, binned 1x1= 20 min.
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