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Astrophotographer spends nearly 70 hours capturing a delicate blue nebula in Orion (photo)
- Andronic spent 69 hours and 15 minutes gathering HaLRGB data to image Cederblad 51 in Orion.
- The nebula, named Cederblad 51, glows blue at Orion's head amid red SH 2-264 clouds.
- Andronic used two 8-inch telescopes with red, green, blue and H-alpha filters and cooled cameras.
- Data were collected from Hertfordshire, UK, as Orion climbed higher in autumn.
- Processing used PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop to produce the final image.
- Andronic praised the final result despite London’s light pollution.
- The image centers the Cederblad 51 blue nebula amid red SH 2-264 clouds in Orion.
- The gear mentioned includes the ZWO ASI533MC Pro camera.
- The project combined long exposure data with careful post-processing to reveal fine structures.
- The Space.com article is by Skywatching Writer Anthony Wood and features expert commentary.
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