The Blinking Nebula, NGC 6826 (Caldwell 15, PK 83+12.1)
Photo description / processing
The Blinking Nebula, NGC 6826 (Caldwell 15, PK 83+12.1) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus.
The nebula is located at a distance of about 2000 light years, the central part has a visible size of 27"x 24" and a visual magnitude of 8.8m.
This image taken in August 2019.
R-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
Ha- 38 x 600 sec. bin 1x1;
OIII- 36 x 600 sec. bin 1x1.
Total integration time about 13 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 0.75x 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
- 158 × 5″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon R ·
- 158 × 5″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon G ·
- 158 × 5″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon B ·
- 38 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon Ha 5nm ·
- 36 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon OIII 3nm ·
Total exposure: 13 h 0 m
Comments
There are no comments on this photo yet.
Sign up or sign in to leave a comment.