Monday, 22 October 2012

M27 in RGB and Narrowband

An Atik 383L monochrome, 8.3MP cooled camera with a Starlight Express 2" motorised filter wheel was attached to a 10" f/4.8 Newtonian. 30 min exposures were made with each of the RGB filters to produce this image:


The next image combined the data from the above image with 60 min exposures through Olll and H-alpha narrowband filters:


This image shows that the nebulosity extends much further than is generally appreciated.