Abell 24

Posted by dcrowson
on Monday, February 12, 2018

Abell 24 (PK 217+14.1 and others) is a faint planetary nebula located approximately 1700 light-years away in Canis Minor. The central star (shows up in blue at the top of the ‘triangle’ in the center of the nebulosity) is magnitude 17.18 (V)

The galaxy at the bottom center is MCG+00-20-006 (PGC 22023 and others).

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged February 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th, 2018 from Dark Sky New Mexico at 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/40196189322/sizes/l

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