Abell 36
Planetary Nebula in Virgo
Uploaded 11/1/24

 

            
Abell 36 in Virgo is
            one of the few non galaxy targets we can image on spring evenings.
            I was able to record this intereting object over the span of
            a few months with both RGB and narrow band filters. A beautiful
            mix of reds and blues are seen here, no small fine structure
            however are apparent. This is a 2x crop from the original image,
            since even the largest planetaries are still to small for our
            10 inch.

            
Technical Data: 10"
            f/3.9 Newtonian astrograph, Atik 16200 CCD, LRGB = 7 hours total,
            Payson, Az.

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  ATIK 16200 
Guider: ASI290  w/80mm WO Zenithstar 81 piggyback refractor
Exposure:  7 hours Ha-OIII-RGB
Astronomik  RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.5
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, PixInsight:  All Remaining processing, Photoshop CS2: Production finishing 

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