Vela Molecular Cloud - RGB from RGBHSO (Alex Woronow)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Vela (Vel) · Contains: PK264-03.1

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Vela Molecular Cloud - RGB from RGBHSO

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Vela Molecular Cloud - RGB from RGBHSO

Vela Molecular Cloud

OTA: TAO 150 (f/7.3)

Camera: FLI - ML16200 (1.13 arcseconds/pixel)

Observatory: Deep Sky West, Chile

EXPOSURES:

Red: 6 x 600 sec.

Blue: 6 x 600

Green: 6 x 600

H 37 x 1800

O 21 x 1800

S 25 x 1800

Total exposure 44.5 hours

Image Width: 1.4 deg

Processed by Alex Woronow (2019) using PixInsight, Skylum, Topaz, SWT

This is a small portion of an extensive molecular-cloud complex near the star Vela. It is not a well-studied area, and not much is written about it. The greater cloud complex probably consists of at least 3 large clouds, with, possibly, an on-going collision between two of them.

The appearance of some parts of this nebular region is that of a planetary nebula--a bubble--or actual nested bubbles. I’ve not found any analyses that support that interpretation, however.

Processing (RGB version): This is a ‘natural’ color image, meaning the Ha was combined with the red, as was the SII. The OIII was combined in equal parts into the blue and green. The image was photometrically calibrated, in PixInsight, and the only disruption of this calibrated state was a slight boost in blue saturation of the stars. Overall, the colors you see in this image represent the colors emitted from the excited gases of the nebula.

The refractors!
Members of Deep Sky West
Objects of the South - negative declination only
Narrowband imaging
Takahashi Refractors

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	3210508
PixInsight job	04P0JDW2M2NLB3FQJ4P9FTQW729VCCNV
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RA (center)	08h34m44s.55
RA (top/left)	08h30m21s.77
RA (top/right)	08h38m27s.84
RA (bottom/right)	08h39m03s.15
RA (bottom/left)	08h31m06s.32

Dec (center)	-45°55′05″.7
Dec (top/left)	-46°24′04″.6
Dec (top/right)	-46°32′41″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-45°25′41″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	-45°17′03″.9

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