Object Notes:

• Constellation: Andromeda
• Location: RA: 23h 25m 53.9s Dec: +42d 33' 00" Epoch 2000
• Size: 17 x 14 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 8.6
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: PK 106-17.1

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:

10 x 1 minute Luminance unbinned,
7 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, 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:

12/12/04

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS