Gum-Nebula (Vel)

Gum-Nebula (Vel)

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Date/Site: 28. and 29. January 2014, Astrofarm at the Hacienda los Andes, Chile
Exposure/
Filter
29 x 180 seconds
ISO 1600
Camera: Canon 6D, unmodified
Optics/
Instrument:
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 II at f/4
Piggyback on the AP175EDF, held by Manfrotto gearhead 410.
focusing by hand and Live View,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

Parallel to the exposures for the Pencil-nebula this widefield of the constellation Vela was constructed. The Pencil-nebula, seen top center, is a filament of the Gum nebula-complex, of which several blue whisps can be seen.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024