Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi


NGC 7008 
Planetary Nebula in Cygnus
Ha/SII/OIII + RGB

Copyright 2023
Keith B Quattrocchi and Bray Falls

Image Acquisition Information  
                    
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera: ZWO Full Frame Back Illuminated CMOS ASI 6200 MM
Guiding: Starlight Xpress AO with UltraStar Autoguiding Camera (AO control using maxim DL software).
Filters: Astrodon LRBG, H-alpha, S-II and OIII Filters
Acquisition Programs: NINA, The SkyX, PHD2, PWI4
Processing Programs: PixInsight, RC Astro, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4
Date: Data processed on August 25, 2023.  Data acquisition:  July of 2023                            
Time:  7 hours (10 minute exposures) for each of Ha/SII/OIII + RGB  for a total of 42 hours.                
              
Image Information:  NGC 7008, also known as the Fetus Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. Despite its name, planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets; they are the final stages of a star's life.
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Processing Information: These Ha/SII/OIII + RGB images were obtained using AstroDon filters.  The Ha/SII/OIII + RGBB images were batch processed (calibrated, registered, normalized and integrated) in PixInsignt.   Further stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing was performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/4 and PixInsight.