The Spaghetti Nebula in HOO with RGB Stars (Alex Roberts)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau)

The Spaghetti Nebula in HOO with RGB Stars, Alex Roberts

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The Spaghetti Nebula in HOO with RGB Stars

This is the first time I've captured the Spaghetti Nebula (aka Simeis 147); a supernova remnant in Taurus. I knew this object would be a challenge and require much integration time because of its faintness. Due to its unusually large 3-degree diameter, my RedCat 71's wide field could only capture half of it! A two-panel mosaic was clearly needed. In addition to shooting narrowband Ha and OIII, I thought it would be worthwhile to capture RGB, to add natural star colors to the image.

I began this project at the Nightfall event in Borrego Springs California and then continued at home, after nearly a week of cloudy weather. Seven nights and over 40 hours exposure time later, here is the resulting final image.

I hope you enjoy it.

QHY268M/ZWO2600M Images
WO Redcat 71 Group
ZWO AM5

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