Butterfly Nebula | J-P Metsavainio

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Photographer:

J-P Metsavainio

Location of Photo:

Oulu, Finland

Date/Time of photo:

26.09.2008

Equipment:

- Camera, QHY8 - Filters, Baader 7nm H-alpha and Baader 8,5nm O-III - Optics, Tokina AT-X 300mm @ f2.8 - Exposures, 5 X 1200s H-alpha 3 X 1200s O-III 4 X 1200s S-II + flats and bias - Guiding, LX200 GPS 12" + PHD-guiding and Lodestar

Description:

In this image colors are showing difference between Double ionized Sulfur (Red), Hydrogen alpha (Green) and triple ionized Oxygen (Blue). This palette is generally known as a Hubble palette by the palette used to processing images from Space telescope Hubble.

Website:

http://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/search/label/nebula