Soap Bubble Nebula

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

Soap Bubble Nebula by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 60 minutes
  • Green = 60 minutes
  • Blue = 60 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 720 minutes
  • OIII 3nm. = 900 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CC

About this image


The Soap Bubble Nebula is a very faint bubble of gas thrown off a dying star constellation Cygnus. It is a very faint with delicate structure making it a challenge to image. Here is the link to more information about this interesting Planetary Nebula also known as PN G75.5+1.7

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This image is a blend of Ha and OIII narrowband data with RGB used for star colors only.

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