Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Minor (UMi)  ·  Contains:  1 alf UMi  ·  NGC 3172  ·  Polaris  ·  Polarissima Borealis  ·  Sh2-178  ·  The star Polaris (αUMi)  ·  lam UMi

Image of the day 07/27/2021

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IFN around Polaris, Göran Nilsson
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IFN around Polaris

Image of the day 07/27/2021

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IFN around Polaris, Göran Nilsson
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IFN around Polaris

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There is a lot of faint Integrated Flux Nebulosity around Polaris but it is very difficult to catch as equatorial mounts really struggle near the celestial poles. I had to do a lot of cropping as the images rotated. I will have another go at it with my RASA 8 but this is LRGB data I obtained as a menber of Telescope Live at the IC Astronomy hosting facility at 1250m elevation in Oria, Almeria, Spain. Red is 25 x 10 min, green is 26 x 10 min, and blue is 19 x 10 min, and lum is 28 x 10 min.

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