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strongmanmike2002 | all galleries >> Images taken prior to 2012 >> Planetary Nebulae > The Box Nebula
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29-JUN-2015 Press F11 for a Full Screen view

The Box Nebula

Click on image to see the wider field view with globular cluster

100% crops of two other small faint planetary nebula near NGC 6445 - all shown at same scale

PN G007.9+03.8 was only discovered in 2002

Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVF-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
SII(new 6nm) Ha(new 6nm) OIII(new 6nm) RGB = 130 120 120 20 20 20min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-20C chip temp - no darks and no flats
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Loadstar

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Clear, 8 day old moon and above average seeing, some fog

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/151108788/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Orion Optics UK

http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/

StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment

http://www.sxccd.com/products

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro Shop (Aus)

http://www.astroshop.com.au/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 5

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

Catseye Collimation

http://www.catseyecollimation.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.staratlaspro.com/


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Sakib 29-Jun-2015 23:10
What about imaging something that doesn't have a common name? I can think of NGC 6772 and NGC 6072?
strongmanmike200229-Jun-2015 22:48
Ha ha, seems the common names of these things can get confused over the years?...I give up LOL :-)
Sakib 29-Jun-2015 17:09
Isn't the Box Nebula, NGC 6309 in Ophiuchus?!