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Gum 23

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

SII Ha OIII LRGB 47.5 hours

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -This emission nebula is located in the constellation of Vela at a distance of 5000 light years. On the lower left of the image parts of the Vela Super Nova remnant can be seen. Image constructed from Hubble Palette and broad band combination.