Object Notes:

• Constellation: Virgo
• Location: RA: 13h 40m 36s Dec: -19d 53m 00s Epoch 2000
• Size: 478 x 281 arc-seconds
• Magnitude: 13.0
• Type: Planetary Nebula
• AKA: Abell 36

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:

12 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:

5/30/05

Post Processing:

CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS