Rocking Chair Nebula
Dana Patchick discovered what might be a planetary nebula at these coordinates, and asked my to shoot an image and see what was there. Dana had found a promising hot star which triggered the possibility of this being an attractive, large PN. However after shooting 8 hours with an OIII filter we found no OIII emission. Thus we concluded that it was a 'failed' PN - but a nice example of ionised ISM. Its curious morphology led me to name it The Rocking Chair Nebula.
TARGET
Nomenclature: Rocking Chair Nebula
Right Ascension: 16:48:52
Declination: +10:09:14
Size: 20 arc min
Discovery: Dana Patchick, Peter Goodhew 2020
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
Nomenclature: Rocking Chair Nebula
Right Ascension: 16:48:52
Declination: +10:09:14
Size: 20 arc min
Discovery: Dana Patchick, Peter Goodhew 2020
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm H-Alpha: 35 x1800 bin 4x4
Red: 20x300 bin 1x1
Green: 20x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 20x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 24.2 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.374 degrees
Capture dates: 28 March - 20 May 2020
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
5nm H-Alpha: 35 x1800 bin 4x4
Red: 20x300 bin 1x1
Green: 20x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 20x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 24.2 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.374 degrees
Capture dates: 28 March - 20 May 2020
Capture location: Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2