Headphones Nebula

[m.tweedy]

 

Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1), also known as the Headphone Nebula, is a 14th magnitude planetary nebula in the constellation Lynx at a distance of 1600 light years. It is a larger planetary with low surface brightness. The 16.8-magnitude central star is a very blue white dwarf.

Stats

Atik 460 mono, Astrodon 5Nm filters. William Optics GT81 No flattener or reducer. CEM120.

Needs much more data but with the limited viewing we are getting this may be all i end up with.

20 x 10 minutes Ha. 12 x 10 minutes O111. Stacked APP and stretched both. Smoothed both. Ha as luminance layer. Ha red. O3 green . Ha and o3 to blue. The a quick play with curves (Dave Shaw did the processing for me as i was struggling).

[MartinB]

That is a cracking image of this difficult target.  The background sky looks a tad red but who cares!

[m.tweedy]

1 hour ago, MartinB said:

The background sky looks a tad red but who cares!

Thanks for that. I had not noticed. I will have plenty time to do a re process judging my my local forecast.