• Weinberger 3-1 in Hercules
    • We 3-1 in Hercules, a planetary nebula
    We 3-1 in Hercules
  • We 3-1, or PK 044+10.1, is a very faint
  • planetary nebula in Hercules.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  20 August 2026
  • FOV:  15' × 10'
  • Rotation:  0.002°
  • Telescope:  SVBony MK127 Mak-Cass (nominally 1500mm,
  • calculated 1450.21mm, f/11.4)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide cameras,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scopes
  • Computer:  ASIair plus
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5 harmonic drive
  • Cameras:  ZWO ASI071mc Pro (-10°C) at 90 gain
  • Pixel size:  4.78 μm
  • Resolution:  0.693 arcsec/pixel
  • Stacking:  fifty four 300 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  4 hours 30 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight
  • MGC, DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT → Linear
  • Linear, HTS, GHS, MStr, MAS,
  • PixelMath 0.25*(HTS + GHS + MStr + MAS) → Starless
  • Linear:  MultiAdaptiveStretch → Stars
  • PixelMath ~(~Stars*~Starless), DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY