PaGo 1 (Patchick-Goodhew 1) #Explored

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This is a joint discovery with expert galactic prospector Dana Patchick. This is the first ever image taken. It is believed to be a possible planetary nebula, but getting confirmation of this via spectroscopy is going to be challenging as it is so faint. Capturing this required almost 60 hours of data shot at bin 4x4. Processing was problematic in terms of separating the nebula from faint gradients. Luckily my two scopes are oriented 180 degrees from each other to avoid the cameras colliding during autofocus. This made it possible to detect the gradients by processing the data from each scope separately and then comparing the two images. Background subtraction was used to stretch the faint signal before re-adding the background.

 

Captured on my dual rig in Spain.

Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 Refractors

Cameras: QSI6120wsg8

Mount: 10Micron GM2000 HPS

 

Captured details:

Ha: 21x1800" bin 2x2

Ha: 59x1800" bin 4x4

Blue: 20x300" bin 1x1

Green: 18x300" bin 1x1

Lum: 34x300" bin 1x1

OIII: 54x1800" bin 4x4

Red: 17x300" bin 1x1

Total Integration: 74.4 hours

Done