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EGB 6
Hampshire Astronomical Group Picture Of The Month April 2020
Published in Universo Magico 23 September 2020 www.universomágico.com/2020/09/egb6-por-peter-goodhew.html

EGB 6 is an extremely faint planetary nebula in Leo. It was catalogued by Glenn Ellis, Earl Grayson and Howard Bond in 1984, but was originally discovered in 1978.
Picture
TARGET
Nomenclature
:  EGB 6, Ellis-Grayson-Bond 6
Right Ascension: 09:52:58.99
Declination: +13:44:34.9
Size: 13x11 arc min
Discovery: 1978

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 4x4
3nm OIII: 20x1800 bin 4x4
Red: 10x300 bin 1x1
Green: 10x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 10x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 28.5 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.364 degrees
Capture dates: 23 February - 25 March 2020
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
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