Object Notes:

• Constellation: Cetus
• Location: RA: 00h 47m 0.0s Dec: -11d 53' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 240 x 210 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 8.5
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 118-74.1

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

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:

9/04/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS