Jones-Emberson 1

Posted by BobFranke
on Sunday, April 17, 2011

North is to the top
Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1) is a 14th magnitude planetary nebula in the constellation Lynx at a distance of 1600 light years. It is a larger planetary with low surface brightness. The 16.8-magnitude central star is very blue white dwarf.
Source: Wikipedia

Taken from 1/19/2011 to 3/28/2011 in Chino Valley, AZ
RCOS 12.5" Ritchey-Chrétien w/ an SBIG STL-11000 camera using Astrodon Gen II filters
RGB Exposure Details:
  Lum   720 min. (48 x 15 min.)
  RGB   855 min. (19 x 15 min. each)

For more info see URL http://bf-astro.com/pk164/pk164rgb.htm

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