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THE GUM NEBULA ( Gum 12 )

(Feb, 4 2007)

My Friend Jim Burnell took this rare image of the Gum Nebula on his resent trip
to Guatemala. The Gum is in the constellation of Vela and is a supernova remnant.
The equipment used for this image was, Scope: Tele Vue NP 101, Mount: AP1200,



Camera:ST-10 XME, Filters: Ha & OIII. Exposure times were 8 x 8 Ha for luminance, 8 x 8
Ha for red, 11 x 8 OIII for blue and 11 x 8 OIII for green. All processing was done in AIP4WIN V2The image was taken at Adriana Sherman's Lake Atitlan observatory in Guatemala