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    • Stellar Shot of the Week

    This stunning image of the Skull and Crossbones Nebula (NGC 2467) was captured by Frank Dibbell with his SVX140T and processed by Tony Hallas.

    This nebula is located approximately 17,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Puppis. Discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel on December 9th, 1784, this colorful star-forming region was named Skull and Crossbones for its unusual appearance and oddly shaped dust clouds. Some of the new stars born within this nebula are still shrouded in the gas they were born in, while others have eroded the clouds away and can be spotted in visible light.

    According to Tony: “NGC 2467 imaged with a Stellarvue SVX 140 f/7 and a ZWO 2600MM. This is an RGB + SHO image with a twist. The SHO was first added via clipped layers to the RGB, then it was added using channel swapping with  the classic Hubble palette.  This is a 50/50 blend of the two results ... sort of the best from both.  The data comes from a remote site in NM. Credit should be given to: Team Dibbell - Hallas.”

    Other Designations: NGC 2467, Cr 164, Gum 9, Sh2-311, ESO 493-25, LBN 243, RCW 16, Mandrill, Skull and Crossbones.

    Details: 

    Telescope: SVX140T

    Flattener: SFFX-3

    Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM ProMount: 10 Micron AZ1000

    Software: 

    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Auriga Imaging Registar
    • CCDWare CCDStack
    • Topaz Labs Topaz AI

    References: 

    Wikipedia contributors. (2024, December 6). NGC 2467. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2467

    NGC 2467 - AstroBiN. (n.d.). AstroBin. https://app.astrobin.com/u/tonyhallas?i=6tedq0

    Admin. (2024, February 21). Skull and Crossbones Nebula (NGC 2467) – Constellation guide. https://www.constellation-guide.com/skull-and-crossbones-nebula-ngc-2467/

     

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