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Old 26-04-2015, 12:27 AM
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NGC6164 in Norma

Processing one of last night's images. This is NGC6164.

Text from Anne's Astronomy News.
"NGC 6164 is a bipolar emission nebula of about 4 light-years across that lies some 4,200 light-years away in the southern constellation of Norma. It is approaching us at approximately 53.9 kilometers per second."

Image details: Bintel 8" F4 Newtonian, Baader MPCC MKIII, HEQ5 Pro unguided, 104 x 30 seconds with a Baader Semi-Apo filter, 201 x 30 seconds with a CLS filter, stacked in DSS, combined and processed in Photoshop. Pentax K-5.
Full field at Astrobin. ---> http://astrob.in/175864/0/
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