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Object |
NGC 6726
(aka) Corona Austalis Nebula |
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Info |
NGC 6761, part there of, is located in the southern
constellation Corona Austalis. This image depicting the area/ reflection
nebulosity is charged by the light given off from the young star R Coronae
Australis (partly shrouded by the dust).
Classified as a Herbig Ae/Be
pre-main sequence star, having 10 times the mass of our own sun, Sol.
The greater molecular complex continues down the R/H corner (not
shown) and is believed to be one of the closest star forming
regions to us situated around 500 l.y. away. |
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Date |
Lum-9/ 5/
08 & RGB 27/ 6/
08 |
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Location |
BayTop
Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
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Instrument |
Home built 10" Newtonian (Bob
Royce primary) and an Antares 1/20th wave
secondary with MPCC
coma corrector. System working
@ native f4/
1016 FL 1.35 arcsec/pixel- FOV
23.3x29.4 |
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Mount |
Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel
Bartels Goto Control System
with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
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Camera (CCD) |
Starlight
Xpress HX916 monochrome CCD with Atik manual
filter wheel. |
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Exposures |
L: 108' R:33' G:33' B:33'
[3' sub exposures all unbinned] No dark frames removed.
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Guiding |
Orion 80ED refractor F7.5 with a
Starlight Xpress HX516
CCD. Mounted via a side by side accessory
plate. |
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Filters |
Astronomik
typeII clr RGB filter set |
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Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- Good seeing and transparency when taking the
lum images. Average when taking the RGB channels. |
