Object Notes:

• Constellation: Perseus
• Location: RA: 01h 42m 18.0s Dec: +51d 34' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 163 x 107 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 11.0
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: ngc650, PK 130-10.1

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:

12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,
4 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:

8/31/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS