Kn 63
Amateur Astronomy Photo of the Day AAPOD2 22 March 2020
Amateur Astronomy Photo of the Day AAPOD2 22 March 2020
Kn 63 is a very faint, and thus rarely-imaged, planetary nebula in the constellation Orion.
TARGET
Nomenclature: Kn 63, Kronberger 63
Right Ascension: 05:42:06.7
Declination: +04:43:04
Size: 6.5 arc min
Discovery: Matthias Kronberger
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 26x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 48x1800 bin 2x2
Red: 20x300 bin 1x1
Green: 20x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 21x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 42.1 hours
Pixel scale: 0.534 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.321 degrees
Capture dates: 27 December 2019 - 1 January 2020
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
5nm H-Alpha: 26x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 48x1800 bin 2x2
Red: 20x300 bin 1x1
Green: 20x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 21x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 42.1 hours
Pixel scale: 0.534 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.321 degrees
Capture dates: 27 December 2019 - 1 January 2020
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2