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Abell 16

Published in Amateur Astrophotography Magazine Issue 74 March 2020
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine April 2020

Abell 16 is a rarely-imaged faint planetary nebula approximately 4,500 light-years from earth in the constellation Lynx.
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Nomenclature
:  Abell 16, PK 153+22 1
Right Ascension: 06:43:55.46
Declination: -+61:47:24.7
Size: 2.5 arc min
Discovery: George Abell

EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 32x1800 bin 3x3
3nm OIII: 7x1800 bin 4x4, 19x1800 bin 3x3
Red: 10x300 bin 1x1
Green: 10x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 10x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 31.5 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.361 degrees
Capture dates: 23-28 February 2020
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
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Ha image
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OIII image

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