David's Astronomy Pages (Sky Tours)
Oct (2) - Autumn Planetaries

Image collection based on the sky tour "The Planetaries of autumn nights" featured in the Oct 2012 edition of Astronomy Now

Bullet  1. The Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) - Planetary Nebula, Caldwell 55
Bullet  2. The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) - Planetary Nebula, Caldwell 63
Bullet  3. The Skull Nebula (NGC 246) - Planetary Nebula, Caldwell 56
Bullet  4. Jones 1 (PK 104-29.1) - Planetary Nebula 
Bullet  5. The Blue Snowball (NGC 7662) - Planetary Nebula, Caldwell 22
Bullet  6. Abell 82 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet  7. NGC 40 - Planetary Nebula (not yet imaged)
Bullet  8. Little Dumbbell Nebula (M76) - Planetary Nebula
 

1.  The Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) - Planetary Nebula 

 NGC 7009 / Caldwell 55,  The Saturn Nebula (Aquarius)
Image
2002-09-23  21:47 to 21:50h UT
CCD Image, 5 x 30 sec exposure (2x2 binning)
11.4 x 7.6 arc min  (#27035-39)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
 
Caldwell 55 / NGC 7009 (detail)
Image Image
CCD Image (linear scale)
3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, unfiltered
2002-09-23  21:56h UT (#27040-44)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
CCD Image (logscale, cropped)
Image details as left

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2.  The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) - Planetary Nebula

NGC 7293 / Caldwell 63 (Aquarius)
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
12 x 90s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-10-07 21:36 h UT (#392266-78)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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3.  The Skull Nebula (NGC 246) - Planetary Nebula (Caldwell 56) 

NGC 246 / Caldwell 56 / Herschel V-25 (Cetus)
Image
Annotated CCD Image (Linear scale, cropped)
10 x 60 sec exposure,  3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-09-20 01:46 h UT  (#389421-30)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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4.   Jones 1 - Planetary Nebula (PK 104-29.1)

Jones 1 /  PK 104-29.1 (Pegasus)
Image
CCD Image (60% size, cropped)
6  x 180s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, V Filter 
2010-10-15 22:07 hUT (#516175-83)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Image
CCD Image (60% size, cropped)
6  x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2010-08-20 22:35 hUT (#424026-34)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Jones 1 - detail
Image
Negative CCD Image (60% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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5.  The Blue Snowball (NGC 7662) - Planetary Nebula,  Caldwell 22

NGC 7662 / Caldwell 22  (Andromeda)
Image
CCD  Colour Composite
Luminance (C med 3x60s), Blue 250% (B med 6 x 60s), 
Green (V med 3x60s), Red (R med 3x60s)
2004-11-02 00:41 h UT (#73063-77)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
 
Image
Enhanced CCD Colour Image
Luminance (C med 3x60s), Blue 250% (B med 6 x 60s), 
Green (V med 3x60s), Red (R med 3x60s)
Luminance has been sharpened using Richardson-Lucy processing 
2004-11-02 00:41 h UT (#73063-77)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
   
NGC 7662 - detail
Image
Annotated CCD Image (300% size, cropped)
3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, C Filter 
2008-04-18 02:35hUT (#283343-45)
 
NGC 7662 - spectra 
Image
CCD Spectra
3 x 60s, 1x1 binning, Star Analyser 100
2008-04-18 02:239hUT (#283346-48)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E

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6.   Abell 82 - Planetary Nebula

Abell 82 / PLN 114- 4.1 (Cassiopeia)
Image 
CCD Image (50%, )
3 x 45s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2012-10-15 21:18 h UT (#515119-21)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 
Abell 82 - detail
Image 
Negative CCD Image (Gamma adjusted)
Image details as above

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7.   NGC 40 - Planetary Nebula

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8.   Little Dumbbell Nebula (M76) - Planetary Nebula

M76 (Perseus)
Image
CCD Image (square root scale, 60% size) 
3 x 3 min (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-10-07 00:33hUT (#430329-31)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
 
M76 - detail 
Image
CCD Image (log scale, 100% size, cropped) 
Image details as above

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