By |
Catalog |
Obj Type |
Location |
Date Taken: |
Don Goldman & Paul Mortfield |
NGC 281 |
Nebula |
Sierra Remote Observatories, Shaver Lake, CA |
09-14-2007 |
Description |
Rob Gendler has provided an excellent write-up on NGC281. Click here. In summary, NGC281 is a bright, very young HII emission region in the Perseus Arm of our galaxy whose energizing source is the young cluster of OB stars, IC1590, that is estimated to be only 3.5 million years old.
This is a tricolor narrowband image using the Hubble Pallete for color mapping:
Red = Astrodon SII, Green = H-a, Blue = OIII |
Technical Details |
Exposure Time: |
6.5 hrs H-a, 6 hrs OIII, 6 hrs SII |
Camera: |
SBIG STL11000 |
Telescope: |
RC Optical 16" f/8.9 Ritchey-Chretien |
Mount: |
Software Bisque Paramount ME |
© 2010 Don Goldman & Paul Mortfield
Used with permission, No reproduction of these images
are permitted without written approval from Don Goldman & Paul Mortfield. |
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