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NGC1555

NGC1555 Dusty Nebula   APOD

Selected by NASA for Astronomy Picture of the Day  May 14th 2013

NGC1555-CCDStack-LRGB-ORG-PS1-V4-for web

NGC1555 NGC 1555, sometimes known as Hind’s Variable Nebula, is a variable nebula, illuminated by the star T Tauri, located in the constellation Taurus. It is also in the second Sharpless catalog  as 238. It is a  Herbig Haro object.  The nebula was discovered on October 11, 1852 by John Russel Hind   :Text from Wikipedia

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NGC1555 Lum 620 min

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NGC1555  Red 120min 

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NGC1555  Green 120min

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NGC1555 Blue 120min

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Scope               Planewave 17in

Camera            Apogee U16

Mount               Paramount ME

Filters               Astrodon  LRGB     

Exposures       R 2hrs  G 2hrs  B 2hrs   L  10.3 hrs    LRGB 20min subs    Total time  16 Hrs

 Location          Sierra Nevada Mountains CA.  Heavens Mirror Observatory  SRO       2014 

 

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