Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1501
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NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck

NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye

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NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye, 



    
        

            Victor Van Puyenbroeck

NGC 1501 - Oyster Nebula / Camel's Eye

Acquisition details

Dates:
March 6, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue: 10×60(10′) (gain: 200.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green: 10×60(10′) (gain: 200.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red: 10×60(10′) (gain: 200.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3nm 1.25": 10×300(50′) (gain: 200.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
1h 20′
Darks:
30
Flats:
20
Flat darks:
100
Avg. Moon age:
22.60 days
Avg. Moon phase:
45.18%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
7.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 4360431

RA center: 04h07m40s.6

DEC center: +60°5407

Pixel scale: 0.981 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 2.303 degrees

Field radius: 0.218 degrees

Resolution: 1280x960

File size: 1.2 MB

Locations: Backyard, Herent, Belgium

Data source: Backyard

Description

** Short Exposure Planetary Nebula series **

I spent 2 nights visiting several bright planetary nebula, dedicating just 1 hour of exposure time to each object. I've compiled a mini-series to showcase/document the results.

Like most PNs, NGC 1501 is easily picked up with an OIII filter.

SNR of the OIII stack was good, and deconvolution worked quite well to bring out additional detail. The faint flat edges/wings around the nebula are even visible right above the background noise floor.

Mouse-over shows RGB only.

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