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ngc 6826 - the "blinking planetary"

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Object:             Ngc 6826,  planetary nebula in Cygnus.
Telescopes:     H-alpha, OIII:   
Astrograph 400 f/4 Newton.  Paramount ME.  ASI 6200.  Chroma Ha 5nm & OIII 3nm filters.
                         Color:             Astrograph  250 f/4 Newton
.  Paramount ME.  ATIK 16200.  Chroma RGB filters.
Exposures:        H-a:      8 x 5'   ( 00:40 )
                                          
Oiii:   339 x 5'   ( 28:15 )
                          R:       12 x 5'   (   1:00 ) 
                          G:       12 x 5'   (   1:00 )  
                          B:       12 x 5'   (   1:00 )
                                  TOTAL:   31:55 hours
Resolution:       0.42"/pixel.     FWHM after integration:  Oiii 1.9"
Date:                July - August 2021
Sites:               
H-alpha, OIII:  Sagan Observatory      Las Rozas  (Spain)     - mag 4.5 suburban skies -
                        Color:             La Sagra Observatory  Puebla de Don Fadrique (Spain)    - mag 7 professional observatory skies -
Processing:
Bias, Dark & Flat calibration
DBE
Color calibration
MLT linear noise reduction
Histogram (NB) & Arcsinh (RGB) stretching
Starnet for star masks
Color saturation
adjustments
ACDNR noise reduction
MorphologicalTransformation stars reduction
Wavelet sharpening


Software:   PixInSight