Object Notes:

• Constellation: Gemini
• Location: RA: 07h 29m 12.0s Dec:+20d 55' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 47 x 43 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 8.6
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: Eskimo Nebula, PK 197+17.1

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.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.

Exposure:

20 x 1 minute Luminance unbinned
3 x 1 minute 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:

3/09/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS