Object Notes:

• Constellation: Fornax
• Location: RA: 03h 33m 17.9s Dec: -25d 51' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 360 x 270 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 9.4
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 220-53.1

Instrument:

Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope

Focal Ratio:

f7.2 (prime focus)

Camera:

SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)

Exposure:

9 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned

Guiding:

Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.

Date:

11/13/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS