Saturday, July 18, 2015

NGC 7008

NGC 7008 (PK 93+5.2) a planetary nebula in Cygnus
Magnitude: 12v
Apparent Size:1.4'x1.1'
Distance: 2,800 ly
Physical size: ~1 ly.

Date acquired: July 16, 2015
Camera: Starlight Xpress SXVF-H9
Guider: Starlight Xpress Exview
Scope: Astrotech AT10RC @ F8 (2000mm)
Mount: Losmandy Titan w/Gemini-II
Filters: Astronomik Ha (6nm) & Oiii (12nm)
Exposures: 10 x 8 minutes each.
Acquired, calibrated, stacked (avg) and RGB combined in Astroart 5
F.O.V. = 15.5' x 11.6' @ 0.66 arc"/Pixel

Processing Notes:
Each channel; Average stack with hot pixel filter.
Log stretch
10 iterations of Deconvolution
color combined Ha=R, Ha=G Oiii=B

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