Planetary nebula KjPn 8 (PN G112.5-00.1, K3-89) and Bubble Nebula (NGC7635)
Photo description / processing
Planetary nebula KjPn 8 (PN G112.5-00.1, K3-89) and Bubble Nebula (NGC7635) in the constellation Cassiopeia.
KjPn 8 (PN G112.5-00.1, K3-89) is a bipolar planetary nebula which was discovered by M.A.Kazaryan and Eh.S.Parsamyan in 1971 and independently by Kohoutek in 1972. It is one of the strangest and possibly most unique planetary nebulae in the sky. In my image, we see it on the left side of the frame below the center. Planetary nebula consists of a compact red core (apparent size is about 3–4 arcsec in diameter) surounded by a huge bipolar lobe structure that measures 12x5 arcminutes. There is the possibility that the two separate structures are two separate planetary nebulae formed from both members of a binary star system moving onto the planetary nebula phase within a few thousand years of each other.
This image taken over several nights in November 2020.
R-channel - 20 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 20 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 20 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
Ha- 46 x 600 sec. bin 2x2;
OIII- 74 x 600 sec. bin 2x2.
Total integration time about 22:30 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
- 20 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon R ·
- 20 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon G ·
- 20 × 150″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon B ·
- 46 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon Ha 5nm ·
- 74 × 600″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon OIII 3nm ·
Total exposure: 22 h 30 m









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