Hi everyone, first time poster here so I hope I'm using the correct area of the forum!
I've got a bit of a puzzle, and I've been advised to seek out help from you good folks on AstroBin. I've just completed an image of the Lion Nebula (full write-up here) and when I zoomed into the star WR 153ab I noticed what look like jets coming out from it. I did some research but couldn't find any reference to this, and what's stranger, I can't seem to spot these "jets" in other images of the Lion Nebula that include this star.
So I'm running out of things that it could be. Obviously I'm hopeful that it's something new, but it's more likely that I've made a mistake somewhere or am missing something obvious. I wonder, if you've imaged this region of space before, would you be able to take a look at your data and see if there's anything present around the star? And if you've got a view of it on the next clear night, would you be able to take some pictures and see if the effect is there? I think that's the next step to work out if it's something old and known; is an aberration with my data; or is something genuinely new.
FYI for the image I used an Askar 130PHQ telescope, and a ZWO 2600MC Pro camera. I image from a Bortle 8 city centre. The effect around the star is fairly bright; I can just about detect it in 2-minute subframes with no filter. So gathering new data should be achievable with relatively modest equipment.
Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered!
Here's it is seen in 30 mins of RGB data (no filter):
This is 10 hours of Askar E2 data:
And 10 hours of Optolong L-Ultimate.
I've got a bit of a puzzle, and I've been advised to seek out help from you good folks on AstroBin. I've just completed an image of the Lion Nebula (full write-up here) and when I zoomed into the star WR 153ab I noticed what look like jets coming out from it. I did some research but couldn't find any reference to this, and what's stranger, I can't seem to spot these "jets" in other images of the Lion Nebula that include this star.
- I don't think it's a filter issue because I see it in data I collected using my Optolong L-Ultimate filter; Askar E2; and no filter at all.
- I don't think it's a stacking artefact because it's just about visible in single subs.
- I don't think it's a tracking issue because it's not visible around any other stars.
So I'm running out of things that it could be. Obviously I'm hopeful that it's something new, but it's more likely that I've made a mistake somewhere or am missing something obvious. I wonder, if you've imaged this region of space before, would you be able to take a look at your data and see if there's anything present around the star? And if you've got a view of it on the next clear night, would you be able to take some pictures and see if the effect is there? I think that's the next step to work out if it's something old and known; is an aberration with my data; or is something genuinely new.
FYI for the image I used an Askar 130PHQ telescope, and a ZWO 2600MC Pro camera. I image from a Bortle 8 city centre. The effect around the star is fairly bright; I can just about detect it in 2-minute subframes with no filter. So gathering new data should be achievable with relatively modest equipment.
Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered!
Here's it is seen in 30 mins of RGB data (no filter):
This is 10 hours of Askar E2 data:
And 10 hours of Optolong L-Ultimate.
