Abell 70 in Scutum
Planetary nebula with superimposed Galaxy
Uploaded 8/9/16

 
This
            extremely faint planetary nebula is just 42 arc seconds in size,
            and 14.3 magnitude. The central star, seen here exactly in the
            center is 19.1 magnitude (!). And I was able to find some information
            on the galaxy too. MAC2031-075 is 16th magnitude and .7 arc mins
            wide. Pretty small actually! Nice colors can be seen in the Planetary.
            The center is Teal colored, surrounded by a pink zone and finally
            an outer red rim.

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: Meade DSI Pro  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  RGB = 60m
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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