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Diptiman Nandy
El Sauce Observatory. Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile

05/26/2022
08:09 pm

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Equipment Details:

FLI PL 9000 camera, Planewave CDK24 telescope, Mathis MI-1000/1250 with absolute encoders mount

Post-processing Details:

Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, Photoshop

Image Details:

IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered in 1867 by Truman Safford. It lies roughly 4,700 light-years (1,500 parsecs) away. This picture shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 (middle left) surrounding a dim dying star and the globular cluster NGC 6712 (upper right corner).

Total Exposure: 5 Hours
Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN