Patchick 5 (Pa 5, PN G 076.3+14.1)
Photo description / processing
Patchick 5 (Pa 5, PN G 076.3+14.1) is a bipolar planetary nebula in constellation Cygnus.
This planetary nebula, which is embedded in faint background nebulosity, was discovered by Dana Patchick, a member of the Deep Sky Hunter team in year 2005 by scanning the digital sky surveys (DSS).
Pa 5 has a size of 2.6 arcminutes and distance is estimated to be about 4,500 light years. It is one of the few planetary with a confirmed binary central star with orbital period of 1.12 days.
This image taken in August, September 2020.
L-channel - 66 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
R-channel - 24 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 24 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 24 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
Ha- 41 x 900 sec. bin 1x1;
OIII- 44 x 900 sec. bin 1x1.
Total integration time about 27 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
- 66 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon L ·
- 24 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon R ·
- 24 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon G ·
- 24 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon B ·
- 41 × 900″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon Ha 5nm ·
- 44 × 900″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon OIII 3nm ·
Total exposure: 27 h 0 m









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