Here's my latest image, which was quite challenging as it sits so very low in the southern sky. NGC 1360, also known as the Robin's Egg Nebula for obvious reasons, is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Fornax. It was identified as a planetary nebula due to its strong radiation in the blue/green OIII (oxygen) bands. Reddish matter, believed to have been ejected from the original star before its final collapse, is visible as well.
The central star of the system is a binary, consisting consists of a low-mass O-type star and a white dwarf.
This image also captured a jet of gas of ionized oxygen and nitrogen and a bit of Hydrogen seen here shooting out the lower left side.
- Scope: Celestron 11 Edge HD @ f/7
- Camera: ASI 1600Mm Pro cooled to -15C
- Mount: iOptron CEM120 EC2
- Focuser/Rotator: Moonlite Litecrawler
- Guidance: Celestron Off-Axis-Guider with Lodestar X2
- ZWO Electronic Filter Wheel
- Baader RGB, H-Alpha and OIII filters
- Observatory and gear control: KStars/EKOS
- Post Processing: PixInsight
RGB stars: 60 seconds x 50 exposures
H-Alpha: 5 minutes x 25 exposures
Oxygen III: 5 minutes x 30 exposures
