Object Info | |
Objects | NGC2736 - The Pencil Nebula. Part of the Vela Supernova remnant. |
Type | Low Brightness Nebula |
Centered at: | RA: 09h 00m 24.0s Dec: -45°54'00" |
Constellation | Vela |
Magnitude | Most Extremely Faint (Dreyer description) |
Size | Very faintly extended to 19 degrees |
Distance | ? |
Age | ? |
Dimensions | Very faintly extended to 19 degrees |
Image Field | 27'45" x 18'46" |
Notes |
Very faint object. Over six hours of exposure taken over five nights |
Taken from: |
Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S |
On: | 30th-April, 1st-May, 3rd-May, 5th-May, 8th-May 2003 |
Image Info | |
Telescope | Celestron C11 @ f6.6 |
Focal Length | 1840 millimetres |
Telescope guiding | Self Guiding via AO7 |
Telescope control | Astrometric Sky Walker II |
CCD camera | SBIG ST-10xe |
Camera cooling | Regulated Thermoelectric |
Camera pixels | 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um |
Image scale | 0.76 arcseconds per pixel |
Processed with: | Mira A/P, Maxim DL, AIP4Win, CCDSharp, Photoshop |
Hydrogen Alpha Exposures | Ha = 232 minutes taken as 5-minute unbinned subimages. |
Image Calibrations | All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded. |