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ESO 215-25 "Mermaid" in Centaurus

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ESO 215-25 "Mermaid" in Centaurus
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Photo description / processing

The faint planetary nebula ESO 217-25, often called the Mermaid or Fighting Fish, in the constellation Centaurus. It is the remnant of supernova G296.5+10.0, which exploded about 14 thousand years ago, and is located at a distance of 4500 light-years from Earth. It glows mainly in oxygen and hydrogen. To bring out the delicate filaments, it was necessary to accumulate 33 hours in H-alpha and 17 hours in OIII. The total exposure in LRGBHaOIII is 58 hours. The stars are in RGB. Since the total number of files reached 700, some ingenuity was required to get WBPP in Pixinsight to process such a volume of data :)

It was shot from May 8 to June 8 at the remote observatory Isabis, Namibia

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
250 mm Lacerta 1/4 Newton
Camera
QHY268M
Mount
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Guide Scope
QHY Off-Axis Guider (OAG)
Guide Camera
Lodestar
Software
N.I.N.A., PHD2, Pixinsight
Location
Астрохостинг Изабис, Namibia

Light pollution

Black, Bortle 1 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 700 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 25 · LRGBHa · · -10 °C

Total exposure: 58 h 20 m

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