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Planetary nebulae HFG-1 (upper-left) and Abell-6 (lower-right). This is how I made use of the unusually long run of clear, moonless nights this week. HFG-1 is zipping through the galaxy at between 29 and 59 km/s, producing a bow shock and leaving a long tail.

Orion 200mm f/4 Newtonian
Atik 383L+

44x 900s Oiii, 1x1 (=11h)
36x 600s Ha, 1x1 (=6h)
10ea 120s RGB, 2x2 (=1h)
Total exposure: 18h

first time for me , lovely shot , thx .

Awesome!! Great job, Kathy!

That is really an amazing image Kathy!

You sure picked a very interesting target to image during your super weather week!

Great job!

Juno16 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 4:38 pm That is really an amazing image Kathy!

You sure picked a very interesting target to image during your super weather week!

Great job!

Thanks.

The Abell catalogue of planetary nebulae is a great resource if you want to consume dark-sky imaging time! All the nebulae are astoundingly dim and require multiple nights to pick them out of the noise. But some are well worth the effort.

I was browsing to find an Abell object worthy of several clear nights. Abell 6 was kind of ho-hum, but when I saw HFG-1, I knew I had to get the pair.

Abell-31 is another one that is well worth the effort: one of the largest planetaries in the sky, similar in angular size to HFG-1.

Wow. Fantastic image and what a challenging target. Thanks for sharing.

Great image! Those 18 hours really paid off, and what a remarkable pair of nebulae. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome image of something I've never seen before!

Larry

Fantastic image of difficult target. Thanks for reminding me about the Abell catalogue, I’ll have to check when I get weather to image in.
Thanks for sharing
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Kenneth

This is so cool! Awesome image Kathy! Thanks for sharing

SWEEEET !
DANG kathy !
That is amazing.
Thank you.

very nice image, a very peculiar target, a gaint planetary nebula ?

edit: i see the info you have supplied .

You've dragged the subtle colours out of the darkness with those 18 hrs and what a lovely image.

Brilliant!

Regards

Graeme

That's awesome Kathy!
Simply amazing!

Congratulations Kathy on another TSS APOD!

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Hi Kathy. This was a well spent 18 hours of data. Excellent contrast, star field, and nebulosity colors and details in your image. Thanks for putting this rare capture on here for us enjoy Kathy, and congratulations on receiving another well deserved TSS APOD Award.

Outstanding image Kathy.
Congratulations on the APOD
Joe

Fantastic image Kathy.

Congratulations on receiving the TSS APOD award.

It's just splendid! I love the subtle coloration and the well defined bow shock detail.