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Sharpless
2-235 & PK173+2.1
Emission
and Planetary Nebulas in Auriga
Uploaded
12/17/05
This small
but highly detailed emission nebula is part of a quartet of Sharpless
nebulosities within a few degrees of sky inside the pentagon
of Auriga. Central to this image is the main section of nebulosity
which is surrounded by a dimly glowing cloud of hydrogen. On
the upper left, the glow represents part of Sharpless 232, a
huge object spanning several degrees. Near the bottom center,
the "detached" piece of nebulosity was a bonus - a
faint PK planetary nearly half an arcminute in size.
This is the
start of a really deep set of exposures on this region, this
red luminance frame will be the basis for a more complete color
image in the month to come.
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Instrument: 12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera: SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure: RL = 60m
Filters: AstroDon Red
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing FWHM = 4.5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 40 F
CCD Temperature: -30 C
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Gralaks Sigma, Photoshop, PixInsight, CCDOps Debloomer.
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