Fe 6
Astrobin Image Of The Day 11 September 2019
Astrobin Image Of The Day 11 September 2019
A very faint planetary nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. One of my favorite planetary nebulae. The appearance of two slightly offset concentric rings suggests that it is a bipolar nebula almost viewed along its axis.
TARGET
Nomenclature: Fe 6, Ferrero 6, PN-G 129.6+03.4, J015625.5+652827
Right Ascension: 01:56:25.25
Declination: +65:28:29.10
Size: 3.5 arc min
Discovery: Laurent Ferrero in November 2013
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
Nomenclature: Fe 6, Ferrero 6, PN-G 129.6+03.4, J015625.5+652827
Right Ascension: 01:56:25.25
Declination: +65:28:29.10
Size: 3.5 arc min
Discovery: Laurent Ferrero in November 2013
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 27x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 23x1800 bin 2x2 + 49x600 bin 3x3
Luminance: 21x300 bin 1x1
Red: 24x300 bin 1x1
Green: 29x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 25x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 41.4 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.269 degrees
Capture dates: 24-31 August 2019
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
5nm H-Alpha: 27x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 23x1800 bin 2x2 + 49x600 bin 3x3
Luminance: 21x300 bin 1x1
Red: 24x300 bin 1x1
Green: 29x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 25x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 41.4 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.269 degrees
Capture dates: 24-31 August 2019
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Ha image
OIII image