Stellar Shot of the Week: November 5, 2021
"Starless Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)" - by Jeff Reitzel

Congratulations to this week's Stellar Shot selection, which goes to Jeff Reitzel and his magnificent starless rendition of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635). This technique does not always go well, but Jeff really knocked the processing out of the park on this one. Thanks to Jeff for explaining a little more about what he did here and how exactly he made this image:

"This is my version of the NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula. I had imaged a couple targets in this area over the recent months and was archiving the data sets when I realized I actually had a lot of data on just the Bubble if I could figure a way to combine them. One set used the 0.74x reducer and one did not. The data sets were also rotated close to 100 degrees from each other. Always up for a challenge, I started this lengthy project. Here is my result. I chose to use a mostly starless processing method to highlight the surrounding nebulosity. It is a real gem of an area and rarely imaged in lieu of highlighting the Bubble itself. This is a total of 27.2 hours of narrow band integration using 10 min subs. All shot with my SVX102T on a Paramount MyT mount using a QHY268M camera and Astronomik 6nm narrow band filters."

Again, fantastic job by Jeff! And we would love to see some of YOUR images too! Please submit them any time by email (using mail@stellarvue.com) or by tagging them with #stellarvue and #stellarshot on social media

Image Details:

• Imaging telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T
• Imaging camera: QHYCCD QHY 268m
• Mount: Paramount MyT
• Guiding: QHYCCD OAG-M
• Guiding camera: Starlight Express Lodestar X2
• Focal reducer: Stellarvue 0.74 Reducer
• Software: SOFTWARE BISQUE THE SKY X PRO, Sequence Generator Pro, Adobe PhotoShop, PixInsight, PHD2
• Filters: Astronomik 6nm Ha, OIII, SII