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NGC3132 Eight Burst Nebula - RGB, Mike Sharrott
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NGC3132 Eight Burst Nebula - RGB

NGC3132 Eight Burst Nebula - RGB, Mike Sharrott
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NGC3132 Eight Burst Nebula - RGB

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Description

NGC 3132 EightBurst Nebula (in RGB)

Description:
- The Eight Burst Nebula, or NGC 3132, is 2,300 light years away from Earth which is close in the scheme of astronomical distances!
- It is named the Eight Burst Nebula since it looks like it is made up of multiple rings.
- Dust lanes are visible across the central core.
- It is a small nebula in the sky, but is still 0.7 light years across.
- This version is a combination of captured frames of Red light, Green light and Blue light (RGB) which have been merged to form the image.  It can be considered to be real colour.

Details:
- Captured on 14-Jun-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10).
- ZWO ASI1600MM Pro monochrome camera (cooled to -10 DegC).
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 20x 60sec captures of each of R, G and B images, using Astrodon filters (1 hour).
- 20x 60sec each of Dark frames, Flats, Flat Darks and Bias frames.
- Processed in PixInsight and Topaz Sharpen AI.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook.

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Information from SkySafari.

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NGC3132 Eight Burst Nebula - RGB, Mike Sharrott