Object Notes:

• Constellation: Draco
• Location: RA: 17h 58m 35.9s Dec: +66d 38' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 22 x 16 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 8.3
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 96+29.1

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:

16 x 1 minutes Luminance unbinned
8 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3

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:

9/07/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS