Object Notes:

• Constellation: Hydra
• Location: RA: 09h 45m 36.0s Dec: -13d 10' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 281 x 268 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 12.9
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: Abell 34

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:

34 x 5 minutes plus 6 x 15 minutes Luminance unbinned
10 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:

2/23/06, 2/24/06, 2/26/06

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS