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NGC1360

NGC1360

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Fornax
  • Location: RA: 03h 33m 17.9s Dec: -25d 51' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 360 x 270 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 9.4
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: PK 220-53.1
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: 9 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: 11/13/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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