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      Pencil Nebula - Narrowband
      Wallpaper author:
      Dave Larkin

      28 Feb 2026

      Pencil Nebula - Narrowband

      Here is a shot of The Pencil Nebula a small part of the Vela Supernova Remnant located near the Vela Pulsar in the Constellation Vela.Discovered by Sir John Herschel in the 1840's. .Processed with Astro Pix Processor using the Combine RGB tool from created masters to blend into a HSOnarrowband image.

      The workflow continued in Pixinsight with Star,Blur and Noise XTerminator suite then the script Stars Back following up with Statisticial Stretch brightness and contrast.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2736

      11 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      AUS-2-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Supernova Remnant
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 135 Dec -45.95
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Australia
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        29 Nov 2021 - 10 Apr 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Halpha8738h33
      OIII8738h33
      SII3820m32

      Pencil Nebula - Narrowband