The Blinking Nebula, NGC 6826 (Caldwell 15, PK 83+12.1)
The Blinking Nebula, NGC 6826 (Caldwell 15, PK 83+12.1) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus.
The nebula is located at a distance of about 2000 light years, the central part has a visible size of 27″x 24″ and a visual magnitude of 8.8m.
Date taken in August 2019.
R-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 158 x 5 sec. bin 1x1;
Ha- 38 x 600 sec. bin 1x1;
OIII- 36 x 600 sec. bin 1x1.
Total integration time about 13 hours.
Setup: Telescope 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT) CPC800 GPS (XLT) on the equatorial wedge, focal reducer Starizona 0.75x, Feq.= 1626mm, camera Starlight Xpress Trius SX694, SX mini filter wheel, filters Astrodon LRGB E-series gen.2, Astrodon Ha 5nm, Astrodon OIII 3nm.
Capture and processing software: MaxIm DL6, PHD2, PixInsight, StarTools, Photoshop CC, Zoner photo studio 14.
North at the top.
Copyright : Boris Vladimirovich
AAPOD2 Title: The Blinking Nebula, NGC 6826 (Caldwell 15, PK 83+12.1)
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