Image Title: NGC 1514 - Crystal Ball Nebula

Copyright: Rajat Kuma

Date image was taken: November 27, 2025

Location: New Delhi, India

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: A planetary nebula in the constellation Taurus. This tiny 1.7 arc-minute nova is located in the constellation Taurus at a distance of 2000 ly. Imaged this with my telescope over 4 nights from my Bortle 9 terrace. The nebula data was collected over three nights and has integration of approx. 19 hours with dual-narrow band filter; whereas, the stars were taken separately using UV/ IR filter with total 5 hours of integration.
Integration per filter:
- Lum/Clear: 5h (300 × 60")
- Multiband: 18h 57m (379 × 180")

Equipment:
- Telescope: GSO 6" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: iOptron HAE29C
- Filters: Optolong L-Ultimate 2", ZWO UV IR CUT 2"
- Accessories: Beelink U59 Mini PC, ZWO EAF
- Software: Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP), Serif Affinity Photo, SIRIL, StarNet, Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator, GraXpert, PHD2 Guiding, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), and Cartes du Ciel.

Name: Rajat Kumar

Email: rajatk05@gmail.com

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