The Egg Nebula

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Equipment

Meade 16in LX200 telescope operating at f/10
SBIG ST10 CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 30 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 10 minutes binned 1x1
 Green = 10 minutes binned 1x1
 Blue = 15 minutes binned 1x1
  • Two iterations of CCDSharp deconvolution were applied to this image.
  • The differentiation of color (blue/yellow) was a tremendous surprise!

    • Minimum credit line: Lewis Garret/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF (top)

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    Updated: 9/14/2002