Planetary nebula AMU 1 (PN G075.9+11.6)
Photo description / processing
AMU 1 (PN G075.9+11.6) is a bipolar planetary nebula in Cygnus.
AMU 1 is a faint but extremely strange and beautiful planetary nebula with a size of 5x2 arcminutes. It was discovered by the astronomers Alba Aller, Luis Miranda and Ana Ulla in 2013 and was found in the field covered by the Kepler telescope. It has a complex multishell morphology and a series of low ionisation structures and has a binary central star with orbital period of 2.93 days.
As far as I know, this is the first amateur color photo of this nebula. In appearance, I would even give it a name - "Peaceful Atom".
This image taken over several nights in September, October 2020.
R-channel - 34 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 34 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 34 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
Ha- 60 x 900 sec. bin 2x2;
OIII- 55 x 900 sec. bin 2x2.
Total integration time about 33 hours.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Celestron CPC 800 GPS XLT
- Camera
- Starlight Xpress Trius SX-694
- Mount
- Equatorial Wedge
- Guide Scope
- Baader Guide Scope 61/250
- Guide Camera
- ZWO ASI120MM
- Accessories
- Starizona Night Owl 0.4x Reducer, Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen. 2 Filter Set, Astrodon 5nm H-alpha Filter, Astrodon 3nm OIII Filter
- Software
- MaxIm DL, PHD2, Pixinsight, StarTools, Adobe Photoshop, Zoner Photo Studio 14
- Location
- Chervonograd, Ukraine
Light pollution
Yellow, Bortle 5 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 34 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon R ·
- 34 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon G ·
- 34 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon B ·
- 60 × 900″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon Ha 5nm ·
- 55 × 900″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon OIII 3nm ·
Total exposure: 33 h 0 m









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