NGC6302 Butterfly Nebula
NGC6302 Butterfly Nebula
SHO rendition of the Butterfly Nebula.
Central detail has been improved using luminance from a separate image generated from HST archive data.
Central detail has been improved using luminance from a separate image generated from HST archive data.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Planewave CDK24 CHI-1 CMOS
Camera
QHY 600M
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
10 - 11 August 2024
Filters
SHO
Processing
Astropixel Processor, PixInsight and Photoshop
Credits
A W Scobie & Telescope Live
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Comments
Very nice colours and control of the stars so's not to distract too much from the detail you've pulled out.
Thank you. There was a bit of trial and error in PixInsight BXT to get the stars small, but without introducing artifacts.