Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)

Image of the day 05/29/2020

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NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula, Marcel Drechsler
NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula
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NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula

Image of the day 05/29/2020

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NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula, Marcel Drechsler
NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula
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NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula

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My team colleague Xavier Strottner and I are delighted and incredibly proud to present our latest discovery, the new faint candidate for a planetary nebula in the constellation Hydra, which has been catalogued by Pascal Le Dû as " STROTTNER-DRECHSLER 47" (StDr47).

Although the object is undoubtedly a real planetary nebula, a spectrum will definitely confirm its status.

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From the discovery to the finished photo it was a long and difficult way.

Many, many dozens of working hours were necessary, research, analysis, programming of the telescope, monitoring of the photos in a total of 8 nights, spread over April and May 2020 and of course the hours of processing the photos. But considering this wonderful discovery, we can say that the exertions were worth it.

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STROTTNER-DRECHSLER 47

Coordinates: 09:27:31.485 -23:22:34.44

Constellation: Hydra

Diameter 4 arc minutes

Total exposure time: 28 hours

-12.3 hours H-alpha

-12.7 hours OIII

-3 hours RGB

Telescope: 1m RC, Chilescope

Camera: fli 16803 proline

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Description: OIII

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Description: H-alpha

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Description: possible outer H-alpha Ring

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Description: Photo plate of the DSS survey on which we discovered StDr 47.

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Description: correct orientation (north is up)

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Description: New version, taken in 2021 to 2022

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NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 47 - the Beehive Nebula, Marcel Drechsler