I have fiddled with this target before but unsuccessfully and was happy with the results on this target for only 11 hours. I felt like I had pretty good data this time to spend some time processing and what a nice region of space. Just amazed what we can capture from a backyard observatory.
This is a special kind of rare dying star called a Wolf-Rayet that lives about 6,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. I was able to capture it in RGB color with Hydrogen and Oxygen to enhance the nebula regions. These rare stars are in the dying phase of their star life and begin to run out of hydrogen and begin forming heavier elements. They shed their outer layers in these intense but faint bubbles that we are able to capture. It is predicted that these rare stars are leading to a supernova event for the ending of the star. Only about 500 of these rate stars are currently cataloged.
Date: July 2-16, 2023
R: 137 x 30 seconds
G: 69 x 30 seconds
B: 122 x 30 seconds
Ha: 29 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 66 x 300 seconds
Total Integration time ~11 hrsCalibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 20 for each filter
Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster:ASG Photon CageMount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
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