Pencil Nebula
Pencil Nebula: This very faint nebula is part of the huge Vela Super Nova Remnant complex. It emits light predominantly from oxygen and hygrogen atoms, which are excited by the shockfront of the Super Nova explosion.
The image was taken at the observatory of IAS at Hakos Farm in Namibia.
Object |
Pencil Nebula |
|---|---|
Catagory |
IAS Hakos, Namibia |
Designation |
NGC 2736 |
Constellation |
Vela |
Optics |
Keller 20 inch Cassegrain f/3 in corrected primary focus |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
3 x 5min each Baader LRGB filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark Frame |
|---|---|
Guiding |
StarlightXpress Lodestar on Schneider OAG, Maxim DL as Guiding Software |
Mount |
Liebscher GEM |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, CCDStack, Photoshop. Color Code LRGB |
Location, Date |
IAS-Hakos, Namibia - 31.3.2011 |
Remark |
I want to thank my friend Kurt Schneider for his outstanding engineering skills in preparing the OAG-adapters |
