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Bubble Nebula

Taken with narrowband filters through the Explore Scientific 115mm FPL53 Triplet. This was also my first attempt at removing stars from an image. I used StarNet as a plugin for PixInsight to get the job done… wow it made things easy. The plugin can be used stand alone as well. Best of all… it’s free!

Check out the larger versions with the links below (be sure to zoom in!)
Bubble Nebula (Stars): Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image
Bubble Nebula (Starless): Medium Sized Image | Full Size Image | Desktop Size Image | Desktop Size Image V2

 

Telescope: Explore Scientific 115mm “FPL53 Series”
Flattener: TS Optics – TSFlat2.5
Camera: ATIK 16200 Mono
Filters: RGB-Ha – Baader Narrowband Ha (7nm), OIII (8.5nm), SII (8nm)
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding: ATIK OAG with ASI120MM Mini

Image Processing: PixInsight, StarNet, and Photoshop

Late Fall 2019
Van Buren – Arkansas
Brandon Nichols