Running Chicken Nebula from Atacama...

[APO_Team]

...well cooked !!

Hi everyone !

Here is our Chicken taken from our observatory in Chile.
It took us some time to catch it but when we did, we kept it for a few hours and made some 40' and 20' subs

You have a HaLRGB version, a SHO and a "simple" Ha...
Hope you'll enjoy them

Links to pictures (full size link below):
- SHO -> http://www.atacama-photographic-obse...o_EN.php?id=69
- HaLRGB -> http://www.atacama-photographic-obse...o_EN.php?id=65
- Ha -> http://www.atacama-photographic-obse...o_EN.php?id=70

Technical informations:
- APO observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Alain Maury's Space Obs
- Takahashi TOA 150 refractor
- mini-OHP mount with MCMT
- Apogee Alta U16M camera
- Astrodon Ha SII OIII L R G B Gen2 filters
- Ha=20x40' - S=15x40' - O=15x40' - L=24x20' - R=V=B=6x20'
- shooting, guiding and preprocess: Prism v9
- process: IRIS, PRISM v9 & CS6

See you
APO_Team
Thierry Demange, Richard Galli, Thomas Petit

[Andy01 (Andy)]

The SHO version sure looks great, amazing 3D effect, just incredibly well done!

[markas (Mark)]

For me, the SHO is the pick of these

Mark

[Atmos (Colin)]

LOVE, the SHO version! That little planetary just pops!

[APO_Team]

Thanks guys
The little planetary nebula is Hen2-72 and looks like a beacon on the SHO version...

See you
APO_Team / Tom