The Moon rises after midnight so I decided to re-image the Blinking Planetary Nebula (NGC 6826). I imaged this a few years ago but was not satisfied with the result. NGC 6826 is in Cygnus, so it is high in the sky at 8PM when I started imaging. I was able to capture 150 frames (2 minute exposures, -10C, binned 2x2, gain 100). When the Moon rose it was bright but fairly distant from Cygnus. I shutdown around 2AM after taking flats.
NGC 6826 is small (only 0.2 light years in diameter), so the image attached is cropped. You can just barely make out the outer shell of gas. The central star is on O-type star.
Roger
NGC 6826 Master_DBEdiv_Autocolor_BN_ArcSInh_NXT_EzSR_SR_SR_MLTsharp_crop_Sat_MLTsharp_Crop.jpg (125.78 KiB) Viewed 338 times
Roger M.
Celestron CPC1100 EDGE, Stellarvue 130T refractor dual mounted on iOptron CEM120 on permanent pier mounted in Observatory. Imaging camera ZWO ASI2600 OSC, guide camera Lodestar or ZWO ASI290MM.
