Snowball Nebula - NGC6781
Photo description / processing
"Snowball" - the planetary nebula NGC6781 in the constellation Aquila, with an angular size of 1'46", which is approximately 2.5 times larger than Jupiter's disk.
This is a composite of different imaging sessions—both at prime focus, with a coma corrector, and with a Barlow lens.
Taken from a balcony of a multi-story building, in a red zone of light pollution.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 130PDS
- Camera
- Canon EOS 550D
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher EQ5
- Guide Scope
- No guide
- Accessories
- Sky-Watcher Coma Corrector 2-inch, Barlow 2.5x
- Software
- DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PhotoShop
- Location
- Kharkiv, Ukraine
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
Exposure
- 149 × 15″ · ISO/Gain: 6400
- 202 × 15″ · ISO/Gain: 3200
- 224 × 20″ · ISO/Gain: 3200
- 181 × 20″ · ISO/Gain: 3200
Total exposure: 3 h 43 m









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