Monday 19 November 2012

NGC6826 and NGC2392

NGC6826, The Blinking planetary nebula. This object lies in the constellation of Cygnus at a distance of about 2,000 light years. This unguided image was captured using a ten inch f/4.8 reflector and an Atik 314L CCD camera.  60 second sub frames were captured making a total exposure time of 15 minutes for each colour channel:


NGC2392. The Eskimo or Clownface nebula. This bright planetary nebula lies at a distance of about 2,800 light years in the constellation of Gemini. This image was captured using a 2x Barlow lens with a ten inch f/4.8 reflector. The camera was an Atik 314L CCD camera. Ten seconds sub-frames were used making a total of 15 minutes for each colour channel: