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22-Feb-2021

SH2-312 The Great Comet in Pyxis

Located in the constellation of Pyxis and resembling one of the great comets of the 19th century, especially
when displayed in just Ha/B&W: https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/171423483/original

SH2-312 is part of a faint but enormous bubble of H-alpha that includes the more famous and brighter Vela SNR/Gum
nebula complex, in Vela: https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/171424838/original

Takahashi FSQ106EDX4
FLI Proline 16803, CFW-5-7, Robofocus
HaRGB = 420 50 50 60min = 9.7hrs total exposure (bin 1X1)
New Deep-Sky RGB Astronomik filters
-30C chip temp, dark frames and flats (using Aurora Flat Field Panel) applied
Focal length 530mm, FOV = 4deg X 4deg
Image scale 3.5"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Lodestar

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Data collected over 2 nights, 15 & 20 February 2020

Equipment setup:

https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/168910433

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

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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strongmanmike200226-Feb-2021 03:43
Hey Sakib...do you like planetary nebulae or something..?? LOL :-)
Yeah, the whole running dinosaur shape of this feature would have required an 8 panel mozaic with my gear, to fit it all in...so I just went for the head and neck ;-)
Sakib 24-Feb-2021 19:32
This is nice but I'm so sad it doesn't include Abell 29. :-(

There's another area very close to this around the planetary nebula PN G255.8+10.9 that would make an equally amazing image!