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The Heart of Hydra
Image Description and Details : For the first time, amateurs and scientists have succeeded in detecting a fully developed envelope of a so-called "common envelope" system, by which is meant the phase of the common envelope of a binary star system.
Object: The Heart of Hydra (The star YY Hya / Strottner-Drechsler Object 20)
Coordinates: 09 26 20.596 -22 23 38.38
Diameter: 1.7 degrees
Constellation: Hydra
Data
360 hours total exposure
H-Alpha: 890x1200" (296h 40')
OIII: 15x1800" (7h 30')
RGB: 672x300" (56h)
Equipment
Telescope: T1 ASA RC 1000, Chilescope
Telescope: T2 ASA 500mm Newton, Chilescope
Telescope: T3 ASA 500mm Newton, Chilescope
Camera: FLI Proline 16803
Copyright: Marcel Drechsler and Xavier Strottner