100% crops of two other small faint planetary nebula near NGC 6445 - all shown at same scale PN G007.9+03.8 was only discovered in 2002 Orion Optics AG12 F3.8 Starlightxpress SXVF-H694, SX USB CFW, SX OAG unit + Atlas Focuser SII(new 6nm) Ha(new 6nm) OIII(new 6nm) RGB = 130 120 120 20 20 20min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters -20C chip temp - no darks and no flats Focal length 1120mm Image scale 0.84"/pix Guide Camera: Starlightxpress Loadstar Comments Clear, 8 day old moon and above average seeing, some fog Equipment setup: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/151108788/original Some links to equipment used to take this image: Orion Optics UK http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/ StarlightXpress CCD Cameras and imaging equipment http://www.sxccd.com/products Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras: http://www.flicamera.com/ Astro Shop (Aus) http://www.astroshop.com.au/ Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: http://www.astro-electronic.de/ Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters: http://www.astronomik.com/en/home http://www.gerdneumann.net/ MSB Software & Astroart 5 http://www.msb-astroart.com/ Catseye Collimation http://www.catseyecollimation.com/ STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software: http://www.staratlaspro.com/
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