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15-SEP-2015

IC 5148 The Cosmic Atom Nebula with Ultra Faint Halo

Click on image to see the history of the halo discovery

This little planetary nebula is located in the constellation Grus (The Crane). The bright central
ring is quite small at about 2.3 arc min in size while the ultra faint and rarely captured outer
OIII halo extends out to about 6 arc min in diameter.

Orion Optics UK AG12 F3.8
Starlightxpress SXVF-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser
Ha(6nm) OIII(6nm) RGB = 3hrs, 10hrs, 1, 1, 1hr, Total 16hrs (bin 1X1) using new Deep-Sky RGB Astronomik filters
-20C chip temp, flats used but no darks
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 0.84"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Loadstar

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New Moon and average to good, variable seeing, taken over three nights

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 16-Sep-2015 17:39
Bullied?! More like gently prodded with a nice gentle suggestion multiple times until a little voice in your head said, "I've got to take a deep image of IC 5148!", so technically this image was your idea in the end. :-)
Plus you're too strong anyway (according to your name)! How about trying Abell 29 in Puppis in the future? :-)
strongmanmike200216-Sep-2015 04:53
Cheers Sakib! ....and since you bullied me (nicely) into imaging it I am glad you like it! :-)
Sakib 15-Sep-2015 14:07
That's magnificent for the skies you have! I'm still amazed the halo exists! You can definitely do more PN haloes, most of them are slightly brighter than this one.