Popped Balloon Nebula

Posted by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:57 pm

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The Popped Balloon Nebula or LBN576, is another tough one to image. It sits in the middle of a star field so to emphasize the nebula, I reduced the stars. This image represents 20+ hours of data on a colour Astro camera using a dual-band narrowband filter to enhance the hydrogen(red) and Oxygen(green/blue) by excluding other wavelengths. Shot with a Skywatcher ED80 telescope and ZWO294MC cooled to -10 celsius. Processed in Pixinsight, Capture One and Affinity Photo.
I like how it resembles a popped balloon with the side appearing to be blown out.

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by david fletcher on Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:17 am

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I'm with you and also like how it does resemble the popped balloon. Brilliant work Scott!

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:48 pm

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Amazing work and thanks for the explanation, very cool effect and presentation. Thanks for sharing, Scott.

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by Dan Kearl on Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:27 pm

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Excellent! Very nice work on another difficult target.

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by Peter Ireland on Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:03 am

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Another mind blowingly capture.Kudos!

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by John Labrenz on Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:56 am

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Another out of this world image!
Congrats

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:40 am

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Appropriate image for the times, as we have several recently popped "balloons" here!

Spectacular, as usual.

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