The Blue Snowball (NGC 7662)

Posted by dass717
on Thursday, January 28, 2010

by Dave Lassiter

 

Photo taken from Fishing Creek Valley Observatory in Harrisburg, Pa early November. DSI 3 and 14" LX 200 @ F 3.3. Twelve 30 second exp..  NGC 7662 is about 3,200 ly away & is a double shelled planetary with a somewhat mysterious central star according to S O'Meara.

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