Eskimo Nebula

Eskimo Nebula

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This is a short image of the Eskimo Nebula, a planetary nebula also known as the Clown Face Nebula near Gemini. Only 5 x 2min images were taken with the two narrowband filters to avoid saturatoin of the core (face). The teal (blue-green) color from OIII mixes with the red H-a emission to produce magenta hues (red + blue) throughout. North is up. This is a cropped version is about 11′ wide. The full moon was nearby so RGB for star color was not taken.

Image Date: 01/20/2008
Details: Exposure Time: 10 min Astrodon 5nm Ha; 10 min 3 nm OIII
Camera: SBIG  STL11000
Telescope: RC Optical  16" f/8.9 Ritchey-Chretien
Mount: Software Bisque  Paramount ME

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