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StDr 16
Awarded Astrobin Image Of The Day 24 July 2022
Awarded Amateur Astronomy Picture Picture Of The Day 5 July 2022


NEW DISCOVERY: Strottner-Drechsler 16 is a new candidate of a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila. It was discovered by the German-French team of Marcel Drechsler and Xavier Strottner in 2019 and has the catalogue designation StDr 16 / PNG 039.1-04.5. This photo, taken in collaboration with Sven Eklund from Sweden and processed by Marcel Drechsler from Germany, is the first ever taken of this faint object. Typical for planetary nebulae is a compact envelope of H-alpha and OIII surrounding a tiny white dwarf.
Coordinates: 19:18:50.58 + 03:27:20.82 Constellation: Aquila Size: 2.4 arcminutes
This was a joint data capture project with my good friend Sven Eklund, with data captured on both my dual rig of 6" refractors and his C14 EdgeHD - all located at Fregenal de la Sierra in Southern Spain.
Data captured between 21-26 June 2022.
Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 Refractors and Celestron C14 Edge HD
Cameras: QSI6120wsg8 and ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Mounts: 10Micron GM2000 HPS and iOptron CEM120
A total of 103 hours 25 minutes (HaOIIIRGB)
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TARGET
Nomenclature
: StDr 16
Right Ascension: 19:18:50.58
Declination:  +03:27:20.82
Size: 2.4 arc minutes
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors, Celestron C14 EdgeHD
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount, iOptron CEM120
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Astrodon and Chroma filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 36x300"
Green: 36x300"
Red: 36x300"
Ha: 48x900" bin 1x1, 400x300" bin 2x2
OIII: 136x900" bin 1x1, 181x300" bin 2x2
Total Integration: 103 hours 25 minutes
Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.377 degrees
Capture dates: 21-26 June 2022
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Starless version:
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IMAGE PROCESSING:
PixInsight and Photoshop CS2, Image stacked by Sven Eklund and processed by Marcel Drechsler
Ha image
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OIII image
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