Abell 12
Awarded European Astronomy Picture Of The Day www.facebook.com/EuropeanAPOD/posts/3775524999232753
Awarded European Astronomy Picture Of The Day www.facebook.com/EuropeanAPOD/posts/3775524999232753
Abell 12 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Orion. It is known as the "hidden planetary" nebula because it lies in the glare of 4th magnitude star Mu Orionis. To control the glare I blended luminance data with Ha data.
TARGET
Nomenclature: Abell 12
Right Ascension: 06:02:20.0
Declination: +09:39:14.08
Size: 44.1 arc sec
Discovery: George Abell in 1966
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
Nomenclature: Abell 12
Right Ascension: 06:02:20.0
Declination: +09:39:14.08
Size: 44.1 arc sec
Discovery: George Abell in 1966
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 10x300"
Green: 14x300"
Lum: 37x300"
Red: 14x300"
OIII: 55x300" bin 1x1
Ha: 48x300" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 14.8 hours
Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.188 degrees
Capture dates: 24 February - 3 March 2021
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
Blue: 10x300"
Green: 14x300"
Lum: 37x300"
Red: 14x300"
OIII: 55x300" bin 1x1
Ha: 48x300" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 14.8 hours
Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.188 degrees
Capture dates: 24 February - 3 March 2021
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
OIII image
Ha image
