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Old 13-06-2016, 01:57 PM
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NGC 6818 (Little Gem Nebula) Ha

This is the Little Gem Nebula, a small planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. Was a spur of the moment decision to point the telescope at it, 4:30 am, The Prawn was just about to make a collision with some trees, groggy eyed I found some random nebula higher in the sky in TSX and said go for it!

9x600s Ha (I am surprised at how bright it is). This has been heavily cropped, drizzled 2x and then expanded 300%! In the full frame it just looks like a mag 5 star.

Before adding more to this I did need better seeing and better tracking (was getting pretty bad towards the end of the night). Maybe an extra 10" of aperture would help too

EDIT: Added the wide field for comparison.
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