Abell 35 (PK 303+40.1; Sh2-313) – VdS Remote Hakos

As a member of the VdS remote observatory group, I have the opportunity to use the VdS remote observatory in Hakos, Namibia. You are allowed to process your own data obtained there as well as the data of other users.
This object is a collaboration between Karsten Möller and myself. The result shows a mixture of Karsten’s and my editing.

Abell 35 is a nebula located in the constellation Hydra.

Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight.

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Location: Hakos, Namibia
• Telescope: TS 12“ Newton-Astrograph
• Focal length [mm]: 1391
• Focal ratio: 4.56
• Mount: 10Micron GM3000
• Camera: Lacerta DeepSkyPro2600 (mono)
• Filter: R:G:B:[Hα]:[OIII]
• Exposure time [min]: 30:30:30:245:285
• Resolution: 0.56″/px

We also imaged Abell 35 with the Takahashi, the result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Location: Hakos, Namibia
• Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon-160ED
• Focal length [mm]: 535
• Focal ratio: 3.3
• Mount: 10Micron GM3000
• Camera: Lacerta DeepSkyPro2600C
• Filter: OSC
• Exposure time [min]: 758
• Resolution: 1.45″/px