Stellar Shot of the Week
SVX102T - W63
Jeff Ratino captured this brilliant shot of W63 (SNR G082.2+05.3) in Cygnus with his SVX102T. This supernova remnant (SNR) rests somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 light-years away from Earth. Its glowing, expanding, blue, elliptical-shaped shock shell spans roughly 150 light-years across.
According to Jeff: “This object is very, very faint. It took several nights of stacking to really begin to see the OIII filaments. This image is a two-panel mosaic.”
Other Designations: W63, SNR G082.2+05.3
Details:
Telescope: Stellarvue SVX102T
Focuser: Feather Touch 3.5” Rack and Pinion
Field Flattener: Stellarvue SFFX-1
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mount: ZWO AM5
Filters:
- Chroma Blue 36 mm
- Chroma Green 36 mm
- Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 36 mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 36 mm
- Chroma Red 31 mm
Accessories:
- Pegasus Astro Saddle Powerbox
- WandererAstro WandererRotator Lite
- ZWO EAF
- ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
- Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
- Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator
- Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator
- SetiAstro AstroMark Signature Adder
- Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
- Topaz Labs DeNoise AI
Acquisition: NINA
- Stacked in APP, bias, flats, darks
- Processed/edited in PI, PS
*For more details and an in-depth look at this image, visit Jeff’s AstroBin.
References:
AstroBin. (n.d.). AstroBin. https://app.astrobin.com/u/jratino?i=3s34ju&fbclid=IwcGRvZgVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLNjZic1NQSHliRFlQZXY4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHp4x9t05lCTjtIJ34EUas5rgQfdIZ3KSjX2Rs0yNZXJ_cHSinVgK9QXpnMls_aem_W7-2o3CzqQmNEZx-Qrzkmg
SNR G082.2+05.3. (n.d.). AstroKin. https://www.astrokin.com/snr-g08220531.html
