Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cepheus
• Location: RA: 00h 13m 0.0s Dec: +72d 32' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 60 x 40 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 10.7
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 120+9.1

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
6 x 15 minutes Hydrogen-Alpha 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:

10/26/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS