Inside a Dragon's egg (Vivian Budnik)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Norma (Nor) · Contains: NGC 6164 · NGC 6165 · PK336-00.1

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Since this is not my gear, I will describe here:
Telescope Chi-3: 39 inch Ritchey Chretien reflector;
Camera FLIPL 16803/F6.8
Location: El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

During the long cloudy days this summer, when I did not have sufficient data to analyze, I joined "Telescope Live". I liked to have the ability to use remote telescopes and to be able to reach other parts of the sky that are unreachable from where I am. In the end, I am not sure I enjoyed the experience. There is something to say about the ability to image the sky "on your own", even if your telescope is tiny compared to those offered. Also, although a great idea, I am not sure it was a learning environment, which I needed at the time. In any case, I purchased some scope time, and this is one of the objects I targeted. Now that my exposure times are longer and longer, I come back to that data, until I have something acquired by myself to process.

This is an absolutely interesting object, with its clear bipolar shape. There is some controversy about whether it is or it is not a planetary nebula. The ESA site states that it is a pre-planetary nebula, in the process of becoming a planetary nebula. I also learned that planetary nebulas have nothing to do with planets, but rather they are formed by material being shed from old sun-like stars (this appears to be about 40 times the size of the sun). The central star illuminates and heats up this material, making it to glow. I have to read some more about why in this case the glow is so polarized.

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RA (center)	16h33m52s.169
RA (top/left)	16h34m24s.523
RA (top/right)	16h33m23s.693
RA (bottom/right)	16h33m19s.933
RA (bottom/left)	16h34m20s.537

Dec (center)	-48°06′40″.61
Dec (top/left)	-48°10′42″.27
Dec (top/right)	-48°11′26″.91
Dec (bottom/right)	-48°02′38″.30
Dec (bottom/left)	-48°01′54″.10

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