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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