NGC 3132 Eight-Burst planetary nebula (Daniel Petzen)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Vela (Vel) · Contains: Eight-Burst Nebula · Eight-burst planetary · NGC 3132 · PK272+12.1

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NGC 3132 Eight-Burst planetary nebula

Revision title: Additional linear stretch

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NGC 3132 Eight-Burst planetary nebula

Revision title: Additional linear stretch

Starting later than scheduled, I watched NGC 3132 rapidly dropping in altitude from 60 degrees until it hit the high thirties and the HFR and star count told me that's all quality data I'd get. I was aiming for an integration time of 4h, which I managed to get with a few frames to spare.
The Eight-Burst nebula is absolutely tiny, but still quite bright. The 4h integration allowed me to tease out minute details. You can even see the two strands of gas that stretches across the blue regions in the centre of the nebula on both side of central white dwarf.
It was a pure joy to process this data!

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Title: Additional linear stretch

Description: There were some artefacts that required some additional linear stretch. A sacrifice of 450 low clip (LCP), but it was worth it.

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Objects of the South - negative declination only
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RA (center)	10h07m02s.196
RA (top/left)	10h06m30s.191
RA (top/right)	10h06m30s.687
RA (bottom/right)	10h07m34s.326
RA (bottom/left)	10h07m33s.572

Dec (center)	-40°26′15″.78
Dec (top/left)	-40°18′33″.63
Dec (top/right)	-40°34′02″.96
Dec (bottom/right)	-40°33′57″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	-40°18′28″.18

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