Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  HD59152  ·  HD59432  ·  NGC 2395  ·  PK205+14.1  ·  Sh2-274
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The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274), ov_astro
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The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274)

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The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274), ov_astro
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The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274)

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he Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini. It is 1500 light years from Earth.
Over 12.5 hours of data were used in capturing this dynamic SHO representation.

Mount: iOptron CEM 70 NUC
Scope: ED 127 FCD 100
Flattener: Hotech 2”
Guidescope: Astromania 60 mm
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro
Guide camera: ZWO ASI 120 MM mini
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Filters: Antlia 3nm SHO
Exposure: -10c, gain 120, bin 1
Ha 96 x 300s
OIII 65 x 300s
SII 60 x 300s

Processed in Pixinsight, captured with NINA, guiding with PHD 2.

I used BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, and StarXterminator during processing.

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The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21 and Sh2-274), ov_astro