Gum 15
Gum 15 |
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Object data of Gum15 |
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| Object type: | Emission nebula | |
| Size: | 27' | |
| Magnitude: | - | |
| Constellation: | Vel | |
| Distance: | 3,000 Ly | |
| Notes: | Gum 15 is a HII region in the constellation Vela. In HII regions the ionizing photons come from the young hot stars within the region, and Gum 15 is no exception. At the center of this image you can see one of the culprits: the star HD 74804, the brightest member of a cluster of stars known as Collinder 197. | |
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Exposure data |
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| Date: | 2014-02-25 + 2014-02-26 + 2014-03-01 | |
| Location: | Hacienda Los Andes / Chile (1100m) | |
| Telescope: | Astro-Physics 175mm f/8 Starfire EDF with f/8.3 CCD field flattener | |
| Camera: | FLI PL29050 with Astrodon filters | |
| Binning: | L 1x1 / RGB 1x1 | |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO | |
| Exposure time: | L 24x8min / R 8x8min / G 8x8min / B 8x8min | |
| Exposure time total: | 6h24min | |
| Notes: | Image acquisition by CEDIC
team (Christoph Kaltseis, Bernhard Hubl, Wolfgang Leitner and Herbert
Walter) Image processing by Christoph Kaltseis |
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