Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)

Image of the day 05/29/2020

    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

      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: 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