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PK 248+29.1

PK 248+29.1

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Hydra
  • Location: RA: 09h 45m 36.0s Dec: -13d 10' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 281 x 268 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 12.9
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: Abell 34
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: 34 x 5 minutes plus 6 x 15 minutes Luminance unbinned
10 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: 2/23/06, 2/24/06, 2/26/06
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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