Camel's Eye Nebula aka Blue Oyster Nebula (NGC1501 - up close) (DoubleStarPhotography)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: NGC 1501 · PK144+06.1

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Camel's Eye Nebula aka Blue Oyster Nebula (NGC1501 - up close)

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Camel's Eye Nebula aka Blue Oyster Nebula (NGC1501 - up close)

NGC 1501 is a complex planetary nebula located in the constellation of Camelopardalis, discovered in 27 Aug 1787 by William Herschel. It is also known as the Oyster Nebula. The central star of the planetary nebula has a spectral type of [WC4], similar to that of a carbon-rich Wolf–Rayet star. (Wikipedia)

This is a test of yet another new technique I wanted to try out with these small but bright planetary nebula to see if I can get more detail out of my TEC140 (5.5") refractor with these types of objects.

I was able to work out the issue with my imaging train and being able to use my ASi533MC camera with my 4x Televue barlow finally, and tested the combo with an initial capture of this object.

I ran into unexpected stacking and post processing issues with this data, and think perhaps the stars are being interpreted as either too dim or too large for Siril to properly stack, and for the photometric color balance function to find a match , so both were done manually this go around untl I am able to figure out the blocking issue(s).

I've only had a chance to try this approach on this object and one other so far, but would love to try it again with NGC40 (Bow Tie Nebula aka Scarab Nebula) next, as I think it likely will turn out decent with this technique as well.

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RA (center)	04h07m02s.388
RA (top/left)	04h06m22s.311
RA (top/right)	04h06m20s.512
RA (bottom/right)	04h07m42s.591
RA (bottom/left)	04h07m43s.986

Dec (center)	+60°54′50″.32
Dec (top/left)	+60°49′45″.74
Dec (top/right)	+60°59′43″.19
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°59′53″.85
Dec (bottom/left)	+60°49′57″.37

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