Monday, November 24, 2025

Lynds' Bright Nebula 437 with some of Sharpless 126 in Lacerta.

Lynds' Bright Nebula 437 with some of Sharpless 126 in Lacerta. 42 x 5 minute exposures were captured with AstroDMx Capture, using an SV605CC OSC colour CMOS camera and an Altair Starwave ASCENT 60ED doublet refractor with 0.8 reducer/flattener and a Pegasus Focuscube v2. An Altair 2” magnetic filter holder version 2 containing an Altair quadband filter was placed in the optical train.

Processing with PixInsight, GraXpert, Gimp, SASP and CS2. Rendered as RGB,  SHO, OHS, OSH, HOS,  and HOO.

Click on an image to get a closer view. 

A PixInsight Cosmic Photons script was used to construct a Herzprung Russel diagram of the stars in the field of view.

Herzprung Russel diagram of the stars in the filed of view


Lynds' Bright Nebula 437 with some of Sharpless 126 

RGB rendering


SHO rendering


OHS rendering


OSH rendering


HOS rendering


HOO rendering


Steve Wainwright and Nicola Mackin

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