Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  LBN 103  ·  PK036-01.1  ·  Sh2-71
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Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Gen1 E-Series Tru-Balance Green: 25×300(2h 5′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen1 E-Series Tru-Balance Red: 26×300(2h 10′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 1.25": 24×300(2h) bin 1×1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 1.25": 119×900(29h 45′) bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3nm 1.25": 119×300(9h 55′) bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3nm 1.25": 26×900(6h 30′) bin 1×1
Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 1.25": 189×300(15h 45′) bin 2×2
Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 1.25": 239×300(19h 55′) bin 2×2
Integration:
88h 5′

RA center: 19h02m00s.707

DEC center: +02°0901.83

Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.783 degrees

Field radius: 0.167 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

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Resolution: 1825x1338

File size: 240.7 KB

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Description

A planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila. It was first found by Rudolph Minkowski in 1946, although he didn't recognise that it was a planetary nebula. It was only in 1959 when Stewart Sharpless independently discovered it that we realised that it might be a planetary nebula. It has an unusually complex morphology which is attributed to a triple star system at its core. It is around 3,260 light years from Earth - so this image shows its appearance around 1,300 years before the birth of Christ.

This was a joint project with my excellent team mate Sven Eklund from Sweden, capturing image data on my dual rig and his Celestron Edge C14 - both located at the e-Eye hosting site in Spain. Sven did the pre-processing and data integration, whereas I undertook the post-processing.

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