Object Notes:

• Constellation: Taurus
• Location: RA: 04h 09m 12.0s Dec: +30d 47' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 120 x 90 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 10.8
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 165-15.1

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:

8 x 5 minute Luminance unbinned,
3 x 5 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:

11/18/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS