NGC 3199 SHO
NGC 3199, also known as the Banana Nebula, is located in the constellation Carina. It's distance from Earth is around 12,000 light-years and the nebula is about 75 light-years across. Near the center of the nebula is a Wolf-Rayet star, WR 18, who's intense stellar wind is responsible for illuminating the nebula and the extremely bright right edge of denser gas.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
CHI-1 Planewave CDK24
Camera
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Camera
FLI ProLine PL9000
Location
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Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
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Date of observation
April-June 2022 14hr 10min total exposure time
Filters
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Filters
Astrodon 3nm H, S, O
Processing
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Credits
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Credits
CHI-1 Telescope Live/ Tom Peter
