ASTRO: NGC 6951 and the Integrated Flux Nebula
Normally the Integrated Flux Nebula is very faint and needs hours of
exposure time. For some reason most try to take it around M81 and M82
where it is quite faint. It is "very" bright around NGC 6951 yet no one
seems to try and pick it up here. For this image I used my normal 40
minutes of luminosity data, not the hours needed up by M81 and M82. I
did use 3 rather than my normal 2 frames of each color to help reduce
the noise in the color frames. Conditions were poor this night and I
meant to retake it but that never happened. I forgot about it for some
time. Turned out to be rather easy to process. Interesting galaxy in a
very nebulous field.
14" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10' RGB=3x10', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME
Rick
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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".
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