Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  Bug Nebula  ·  NGC 6302  ·  PK349+01.1
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NGC 6302 - The Bug Nebula, Antoine Grelin
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NGC 6302 - The Bug Nebula, Antoine Grelin
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Description

This target is impossible for me to capture from my location. Well, it is, but it would be badly impacted by atmospheric disturbance so why bother!

For the first time in 5-6 years of Astrophotography, I decided to use a remote telescope in Chile to image this small but very bright object.

Because of this target’s brightness, I decided to do 3 minute exposures instead of 5-10m like I do for most objects. I only had 1 hour or “playtime” with that telescope so I did 10 frames of Luminance, and 4 frames of each R,G and B.

The red color in the bottom half of the image appears to be Hydrogen Alpha. It was difficult to compare with other amateur images of this object as they are very difficult to find online. I stumbled upon a wide field photograph of that area of the sky that confirmed to me that it was indeed HA!

Better quality image +more info on the remote observatory and equipment used: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc-6302-the-bug-nebula

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GEAR USED:




* Camera: FLI Proline PL9000


* Telescope: PlaneWave CDK24


* Mount: MI1000/1250


* Processing: Pixinsight


* ACQUISITION DETAILS:


* Total Exposure Time: 1 hours and 8 minutes


* Exposure Time per frame: 180 seconds


* Filters: LRGB

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NGC 6302 - The Bug Nebula, Antoine Grelin