Region around Wray 17-96
Region around Wray 17-96
Wray 17-96 is a very luminous star in the Scorpius constellation, about 15,000 light-years away. It is a suspected luminous blue variable (LBV), although it has not shown the characteristic spectral variations. Wray 17-96 is also notable for its highly symmetrical ring-shaped gas shell, which was originally classified as a planetary nebula. (credit: Wikipedia)
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-5
Camera
FLI ML 16200
Location
El Sauce Observatory - Chile
Date of observation
May 2021
Filters
HSO
Processing
PixInsight / PS
Credits
Data Telescope Live - processed by Rouven Asmußen
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Comments
Nice image, Rouven. I assume this was a modified Hubble palette, where you switched SII and Ha?
Thank you very much John. I used a dynamic PixelMath expression with all 3 channels. Since there can be a different blend for each pixel, it is unfortunately not possible to say it was classic SHO.