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Image Data
Designation |
NGC 6369, the Little Ghost nebula, PLN
2+5.1 |
Object type |
Planetary nebula |
Coordinates |
17h30min -23°46' |
Constellation |
Ophiuchus (Oph) |
Description |
This
pale annular planetary nebula has an apparent diameter of only 30 arcseconds,
a mag 15 central star and interesting outlaying streamers. It lies
in the Milky Way, but the field is rather barren due to strong absorption
by the Pipe dark nebula. The field of view is about 15 x 10 arcminutes. |
Exposure |
LRGB 60:40:40:60 min @ -18°C,
RGB binned 2x2 |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + SBIG
CFW-8 with Astrodon Tru-Balance filterset |
Optics |
RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien
f/9 |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD,
Sigma Pre Beta 11, Adobe
Photoshop CS |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile)
- 13Jun2004 - 06:00 UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 5, Seeing 3, Temperature
+9°C, high cloud, windy. |
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