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Wolf-Rayet 134 / B147

Classification: WR1
Constellation: Cygnus (CYG)
Object Location: Centered at Ra 20h 09m 42.6s De
Size & Distance: Na, Apx 6000 light years

Date & Location: 06-19/20-2020 Palomar Mountain, CA.
Exposure: SHO 150,150,150 10x15min. each (bin 1x1)
Optics: Telescope Engineering Company AP
Mount: Astro-Physics 1200 GTOCP4 / ATS
Camera: FLI-PL16803 @-25c / FLI CFW5-7 / FLI-Atlas focuser / Guided by SBIG ST-I / w OAG.
Filters: Astrodon 50mm Sq, 3nm S2,Ha,O3
Software: MaxImDL 6.11, Photoshop CC, CCDStack, Topaz Studio.

Notes: Sky conditions: 6/19 Above Average, 6/20 Good seeing, winds 5-13, Temp 66°
Image Field of view is 97x97 arcmin. Image Scale 1.43 arcsec/pix
Image is an S2-red, Ha-Green, O3-Blue.

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WR 134 a variable Wolf-Rayet star located about 6,000 light years in Cygnus and is surrounded by a faint Olll bubble nebula. WR 134 classified as an Algol type eclipsing variable with the designation V1769 Cygni, and is five times the radius of the sun, but due to a temperature over 63,000 K it is 400,000 times as luminous as the Sun. WR stars get there name from Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet who discovered their unusual appearance.
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