Friday, January 13, 2017

revisited NGC 2022 (Halifax)

The RASC Finest NGC planetary nebula 2022 is one of the first targets I imaged with the Burke-Gaffney Observatory system. We've come full circle. Orion is back.

I was trying to get more blue data. My last images were from March 2016 when it is getting low. In fact, I deleted a job in late March and missed out on ionised oxygen data.

Well, this time I captured all channels, luminance, red, green, blue, O-III, and hydrogen alpha.

planetary nebula NGC 2022 in luminance

Luminance only, 60 seconds subexposures, 10 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.

planetary nebula NGC 2022 in blue

Blue only, 60 seconds subexposures, 5 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.

planetary nebula NGC 2022 in oxygen

O-III only, 60 seconds subexposures, 10 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.

planetary nebula NGC 2022 in hydrogen

Hα only, 60 seconds subexposures, 20 stacked shots. FITS Liberator, Paint.NET. North is up; east is left.

Overall, the quality of the data looks good including the blue filter. And now I have O-III and Hα so I should be good to go.

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