Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1514
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NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula), 



    
        

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NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula)

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NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula), 



    
        

            PepeLopez
NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula)
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NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula)

Acquisition details

Dates:
Jan. 27, 2022 ·  Feb. 2, 2022
Frames:
Hutech IDAS 2" LPS-P2 2": 105×300(8h 45′) (gain: 26.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Optolong L-eXtreme: 32×300(2h 40′) (gain: 56.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:
11h 25′
Flats:
50
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
12.80 days
Avg. Moon phase:
15.47%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 5510616

RA center: 04h09m12s.2

DEC center: +30°4742

Pixel scale: 0.321 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 219.745 degrees

Field radius: 0.178 degrees

Resolution: 2082x3426

File size: 7.9 MB

Locations: El Estepar, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain

Data source: Backyard

Description

NGC1514 is a planetary nebula in Taurus. Its shape is lobulated, and its central star is unusually bright. It is a binary star that emits two rings of gas visible in the infrared.
To process the image, I added the luminance of the shots obtained with the IDAS and L-Enhance filters. The chrominance was that of the shots obtained with the IDAS filter. I then applied the G+B channels from the L-Enhance shots how OIII channel with PixInsight's NBLRGB script.

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NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Nebula), 



    
        

            PepeLopez