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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

MWP1 & ALV1 Planetary Nebulas

The large and older planetary nebula, PK 080-10.1, was just discovered in the 90s of the last century by Motch, Werner and Pakull (hence the name MWP, which was formed from the initials of the discoverers' names. When they examined a weak X-ray source in the swan. The X-ray source turned out to be the central star of a planetary nebula. The central star is not a normal white dwarf, but a pulsating star of the type GW Vir. GW Vir stars pulsate with periods of less than one hour through non-radial gravity waves.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Stellarvue SVX102T-R & Explore Scientific 152 mm Carbon Fiber

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-PRO & ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO & Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 80mm Short Tube & ZWO 60mm Guidescope

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Guiding cameras:  ·  Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2

Software:

Adobe Photoshop CS5.5

 ·  PHD2

 · Sequence Generator Pro

 · PixInsight

Filters:  ·  Astronomik  · 

Accessory:

Hotech 2" SCA Self-Centering Field Flattener  · QHYCCD PoleMaster  · ZWO 8x 1.25" Filter Wheel (EFW)  · MoonLite CFL 2.5" Large Format Focuser

Frames:Astrodon Ha 5nm: 639x120" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1Astrodon OIII 3nm: 778x120" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1Astronomik Deep-Sky B: 60x60" (gain: 0.00) -20C bin 1x1Astronomik Deep-Sky G: 60x60" (gain: 0.00) -20C bin 1x1Astronomik Deep-Sky R: 60x60" (gain: 0.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration: 50.2 hours

COPYRIGHT: Douglas Struble

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