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Cygnus X-1 HOO, Eric Smith
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Cygnus X-1 HOO

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Cygnus X-1 HOO

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Description

A project to capture the bow shock wave from the star Sygnus X-1 black hole.
Taken over 12 nights in September and October 2023 at the Los Coloras Astronomical Complex, Gorafe, Granada, Spain.

 This is a target that needs lots and lots of Oiii data to see the bow wave.  A very difficult target to process and would benefit from even more Oiii data.

A mixture of RGB with Ha and Oiii for the nebula re-mapped to the HOO palette.  The stars were extracted from the HOO image after colour calibration and added back after the nebula processing stages.

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Cygnus X-1 HOO, Eric Smith

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