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Old 21-04-2015, 05:54 PM
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Abell 33 Diamond Ring Nebula.

Hi,

Here's another large faint planetary, Abell 33, the diamond ring nebula in Hydra. Diameter 270 arc seconds, magnitude 13.4.

The diamond in the ring is star Hipparcos 47369, magnitude 7.226.

Here's a link with more info.

http://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-spa...ond-ring-real/

8” F/4 astrograph , baader type 3 coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
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Unmodded Cannon 1100D plus cooler box. 25 subs x 2 minutes at ISO 6400. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop Cs2..

Cheers,

Justin.
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