Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2004  ·  NGC 2011  ·  NGC 2014  ·  NGC 2020  ·  NGC 2021  ·  NGC 2030  ·  NGC 2032  ·  NGC 2035  ·  NGC 2040  ·  NGC 2053
NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour, Andy 01
NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour
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NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour

NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour, Andy 01
NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour
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NGC 2020 & Friends - First Light new 10"f4 Newt & Tak NJP mount - Narrowband Colour

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Description

First finished tricolour narrowband image with the new gear.

10"f4 CF Newtonian + all extras & TAk NJP mount.

Taken under LP in Suburban Melbourne.

Processed in APP & Photoshop 2018

Ha 3nm 22x10min

S2 3nm 18x10min

O3 3nm 12 x 30min (old RC8 OTA)

RGB 20x60sec ea

Very pleased with the resolution/contrast of the new rig

Description: ESO/APOD - Two unlikely nebulae located side-by-side. The pinkish nebula on the far left, known as NGC 2014, is an ionized gas cloud comprised almost entirely of hydrogen. A cluster of stars are responsible for the characteristic glow accompanying the ionization. When the stellar winds pierced through the galaxy, hydrogen atoms were stripped of their electrons when they came in contact with ultraviolet radiation streaming from young, energetic stars . The clouds of gas were then reborn when the hydrogen and their electrons recombined.

Its blueish partner (pictured on the right) is NGC 2020. Its bubble-like cavity was naturally carved out as gaseous material was carried away by stellar winds.In contrast to NGC 2014, the bluish hue seen here is the work of one single, massive, unstable star called a Wolf-Rayet star. Instead of acting as an agent for the ionization of hydrogen, this star is responsible for ionizing surrounding oxygen atoms. (Hence the variation in color)

The rose-like Dragon Head Nebula NGC 2032/2040 is pictured to the right.

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