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Old 21-09-2010, 11:58 PM
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What is this object next to Vega?

Caught this quite by accident while trying to focus using Vega. Looks like a planetary nebula looking at the symmetry. And by god, the symmetry is so beautiful!!

Anyone knows what its called? Tried googling for objects near vega, but to no avail. I am quite surprised that this object is not amoung the popular ones in Lyra. Why? Still confounded!

Scope: C8 Hyperstar
Camera: SXV-H16
Exposure: 300s X 8 subs

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Vincent.
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Old 22-09-2010, 12:03 AM
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Crikey, I think you caught the enterprise just as she went to warp speed .

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Old 22-09-2010, 12:07 AM
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Looks like a voorwerp.
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Old 22-09-2010, 12:08 AM
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All to do with internal reflections
I can assure you there is no such object that close to Vega
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Old 22-09-2010, 12:18 AM
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Vincent,

This an internal reflection from the Hyperstar system.

Here is an example of a reflection in my own C8 Hyperstar.

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Old 22-09-2010, 12:18 AM
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It's beautiful though, I agree.
Prettier than the planetary neb I thought I'd found in Crux.
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Old 22-09-2010, 12:22 AM
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I've had those appear in shots of the Horsehead and Flame region, using a field flattener on a Schmidt-Newtonian. It was an absolute nightmare to process out.

I'll have to dig an example out -- it was a surreal blue colour.

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Old 25-09-2010, 03:49 AM
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Thanks for your replies. I should have known. Saw this with Arcturus as well. Its the hyperstar causing the reflection when the collimation is out.
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