Planetary nebula Jones Emberson 1

Posted by dcrowson
on Thursday, April 7, 2016

Jones Emberson 1 (JnEr1) is a planetary nebula discovered by astronomers Jones and Emberson in 1939. It was later cataloged as PK 164.8+31.1 by Perek and Kohoutek. The nebula was created with an explosion that blew away the outer layers of the deep blue magnitude 16.8 star in the center.

This object has a low surface brightness because the gas that forms the nebula is noted to be very thin. Larger scopes have been able to identify up to 64 galaxies that can be seen through or behind the planetary nebula.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged March 3rd and 9th, 2016 from Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/26018170820/sizes/l

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