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pk217+14.1

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Canis Minor
  • Location: RA: 07h 51m 42.9s Dec:+03d 00' 15" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 265 x 180 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 13.6
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: Abell 24
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:
7 x 15 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3
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:
3/11/05
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS