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WeSb 2
Amateur Astronomy Photo Of The Day 4 December 2020 www.aapod2.com/blog/wesb-2
As a result of this image WeSb 2 is now upgraded as a true planetary nebula in the HASH database 202.189.117.101:8999/gpne/objectInfoPage.php?id=713
It is in the constellation Auriga. It was discovered by Ronald Weinberger and Franco Sabbadin in 1981, but this is the first narrowband image since its discovery, and first colour image produced since its discovery. The nebula is approximately 3 arc minutes in size. It is very faint, which may explain why it hasn't been imaged before. The OIII signal was extremely faint.
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Nomenclature
: WeSb 2, Weinberger-Sabbadin 2, PK183+05.1
Right Ascension: 06:16:11.5
Declination:  +28:22:11.0
Size: 3 arc min
Discovery: Ronald Weinberger and Franco Sabbadin in 1981
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 18x300"
Green: 19x300"
Lum: 18x300"
Red: 20x300"
Ha: 49x1800 bin 2x2, 32x900 bin 4x4
OIII 1x1800 bin 2x2, 24x1800 bin 4x4
Total Integration: 51.2 hours
Pixel scale: 0.267 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.367 degrees
Capture dates: 9 - 20 November
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Ha image
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OIII image
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