Planetary Nebula NGC6804 in Aquila
(RA 19h 31.6m , Dec. +9° 13', 12.0 mag., 66 arcsec. in diameter)
This faint planetary can be found about 5° W of Altair and 2° NNW of m Aquilae (see finder chart below). A bright star-like planetary nebula NGC6803 is located almost 1° further North.
The above image was taken on July 11, 1999 from Sooke, BC. Cookbook 245 LDC camera was used on Celestron Ultima 8 SCT at f6.3. Imaging telescope was autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC camera attached to 500mm f8 guidescope. White exposures (6 x 240 sec.) exposures were combined with cyan, magenta and yellow-filtered images (3 x 240 sec. each) using AIP4WIN software, then the image was furter adjusted using Lab color space with Corel PhotoPaint 8.
Only part of Cookbook 245 frame is shown. North is to the right.
Map created in Guide 7.0 - 7°45' x 7°45'. North is up.
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