Object Notes:

• Constellation: Hydra
• Location: RA: 10h 24m 48.0s Dec:-18d 38' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 40 x 35 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 8.6
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: Ghost of Jupiter, PK 261+32.1

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.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.

Exposure:

9 x 1 minute Luminance unbinned
5 x 1 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:

3/06/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS