MWP 1 - The Methuselah Nebula
MWP 1 is a rarely-imaged faint bi-polar planetary nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. It is also known as The Methuselah Nebula. It is 4,500 light years from Earth. It is estimated to be 150,000 years old.

TARGET
Nomenclature: MWP 1, Motch-Werner-Pakull 1, PN G080.3-10.4, PK 080-10.1
Right Ascension: 21:17:08.28
Declination: +34:12:27.5
Size: 13 arc min
Discovery: C Motch, K Werner, M Pakull in 1993
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 35x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 37x1800 bin 2x2
Luminance: 18x600 bin 11x1
Red: 16x300 bin 1x1
Green: 16x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 16x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 43 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.378 degrees
Capture dates: 1-9 October 2019
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
5nm H-Alpha: 35x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 37x1800 bin 2x2
Luminance: 18x600 bin 11x1
Red: 16x300 bin 1x1
Green: 16x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 16x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 43 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.378 degrees
Capture dates: 1-9 October 2019
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2