Mandel Wilson 2 - (Dust Angel)
This object is catalogued as Mandel-Wilson 2, and known also as the Dust Angel. It is made up of Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN). According to Steve Mandel-Wilson, IFN are "high galactic latitude nebulae ... illuminated not by a single star (as most nebulae in the plane of the Galaxy are) but by the energy from the integrated flux of all the stars in the Milky Way".
Not an easy object to image and for sure, not too easy to process the data. There are not that many images of this out there.
Don't forget to have a look at the Annotated Image in high resolution - it is interesting to note all those distant background galaxies.
Imaging telescope: Takahashi FSQ130ED
Imaging cameras: FLI ML16200
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2
Guiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 II
Focal Extender / Reducer: Tak QE 0.73x
Software: PHD 2, Astro Pixel Processer, PixInsight , Sequence Generator Pro SGP
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Accessories: ATIK EFW3
Original Resolution: 3543 x 4158
Dates: Mar. 11 - Mar. 16, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon Lum: 250 x 180"
Astrodon R,G & B: 3 x 100 x 180"
Integration: 27.5 Hours.
Center (RA, Dec): (156.349, 73.441)
Center (RA, hms): 10h 25m 23.793s
Center (Dec, dms): +73° 26' 29.258"
Size: 2.56 x 3 deg
Radius: 1.973 deg
Pixel scale: 2.6 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 92.1 degrees E of N
Not an easy object to image and for sure, not too easy to process the data. There are not that many images of this out there.
Don't forget to have a look at the Annotated Image in high resolution - it is interesting to note all those distant background galaxies.
Imaging telescope: Takahashi FSQ130ED
Imaging cameras: FLI ML16200
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2
Guiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 II
Focal Extender / Reducer: Tak QE 0.73x
Software: PHD 2, Astro Pixel Processer, PixInsight , Sequence Generator Pro SGP
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Accessories: ATIK EFW3
Original Resolution: 3543 x 4158
Dates: Mar. 11 - Mar. 16, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon Lum: 250 x 180"
Astrodon R,G & B: 3 x 100 x 180"
Integration: 27.5 Hours.
Center (RA, Dec): (156.349, 73.441)
Center (RA, hms): 10h 25m 23.793s
Center (Dec, dms): +73° 26' 29.258"
Size: 2.56 x 3 deg
Radius: 1.973 deg
Pixel scale: 2.6 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 92.1 degrees E of N
Sky Map
Annotated Image
Click twice on the image and have alook at all the distant galaxies within the image.
