ABELL 62

Abell 62 is a planetary nebula in Aquila. The CSPN is off-centre and explains that the brighter rim to the lower-right is a bow-shock, with the CSPN and nebula moving through and interacting with the interstellar medium.
A joint project with team-mate Sven Eklund.
Data Capture: Peter Goodhew and Sven Eklund.
Pre-processing: Sven Eklund
Post-processing: Peter Goodhew
TARGET
Nomenclature: Abell 62
Right Ascension: 19:39:44
Declination:  +58:02:11
Size: 290 arc seconds
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors, Celestron EdgeHd 14"
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount, iOptron CEM120
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras, ZWO ASI6200M Pro
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 20x300"
Green: 20x300"
Red: 20x300"
Ha: 120x900" bin 1x1, 130x300" bin 1x1
OIII: 130x300" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 56 hours 40 minutes
Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.151 degrees
Capture dates: 28 August - 1 September 2022
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING:
CCDStack and Photoshop CS2
Ha image

OIII image