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Sky Tour : Summer Planetaries (1) - July

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Image collection based on the sky tour "Plenty of Planetaries" featured in the Jul 2013  edition of Astronomy Now. 
Bullet  1. NGC 6369 - Planetary Nebula (Little Ghost Nebula)
Bullet  2. NGC 6309 - Planetary Nebula ("Box Nebula") - to be imaged (Ophiuchus)
Bullet  3. NGC 6818 - Planetary Nebula ("Little Gem Nebula") - to be imaged (Sagittarius)
Bullet  4. NGC 6781 - Planetary Nebula
Bullet  5. NGC 6891 - Planetary Nebula - to be imaged (Delphinus)
Bullet  6. IC 4997 - Planetary Nebula - to be imaged (Sagitta)
Bullet  7. NGC 6886 - Planetary Nebula - to be imaged (Sagitta)
Bullet  8. NGC 6905 - Planetary Nebula

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1.  NGC 6369 - Planetary Nebula (Little Ghost Nebula)

NGC 6369 / Herschel IV-11 (Ophiuchus)

Image

CCD Image (70% size reduction)
8 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter
2009-05-26 23:37 h UT (#369086-88)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
Image at just 6 deg above SSE horizon

NGC 6369 - detail

Image

CCD Image (150% size enlargement, cropped)
Image details as above

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2.  NGC 6309 - Planetary Nebula ("Box Nebula")

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3.  NGC 6818 - Planetary Nebula ("Little Gem Nebula")

(need to check images supposedly of NGC 6907 taken in 2004, which appears to be an open cluster rather than a galaxy)

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4.  NGC 6781 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 6781  / Herschel H743-3 / PLN 41- 2.1 (Aquila)

Image

CCD Image
3 x 3 min & 5 x 2 min exposure (summed), 2x2 binning , C Filter
2006-09-08 22:05 h UT (#141160-71)

 

NGC 6781 - detail

Image

CCD Image (300% size)
Image details as above

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5.  NGC 6888 - Nebula (Caldwell 27, "Crescent Nebula")

NGC 6888 / Caldwell 27 (Cygnus) 

Image
CCD Image (linear scale, 35% size)
3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-08-20 22:07 hUT (#423073-75)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
[Full Size]

 

Earlier (wider) image of NGC 6888 
Image 
CCD Image Mosaic (54% size)
60s exposure, C Filter
2005-09-03  02:07 h UT (#93213-15)
8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E
(Full Size)

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6.  NGC 6826 - Planetary Nebula ("Blinking Planetary")

NGC 6826 (Cygnus)

Image
CCD Image (200% size, cropped)
6 x 30s exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, C Filter 
2008-04-18 02:21hUT (#283329-36)
 

NGC 6826 - detail

Image
Annotated CCD Image (300% size, cropped)
Image details as above

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7.  NGC 6946 - Spiral Galaxy (Caldwell 12)

NGC 6946 / Caldwell 12 (Cygnus)

Image
Colour CCD Image (LRGB, 75% size)
3x3 binning, average combine
L :  8 x 90s  (C Filter),  B : 8 x 90s (B Filter),
G : 5 x 60s (V Filter), R : 6 x 60s (R Filter)
2010-02-20 19:44h UT (#414129-56)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
[larger image]
  
Image
CCD Image (50% size)
3x3 binning, average combine
8 x 90s (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter
2010-02-20 19:44h UT (#414129-36)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 6905 - Planetary Nebula

NGC 6905  (in Delphinus)
Image
CCD image
3 x 60 sec exposures (average combine)
2006-06-26  00:58 h UT (#129227-29)
8" LX200 + ST7
 
NGC 6905 - earlier image (2003)
Image
CCD image,  6 x 20 sec exposures (median combine)
2003-08-03  22:47 to 22:49 h UT (#48048-53)
11.4 x 7.6 arc mins 
 
Image
CCD image,  6 x 30 sec exposures (1x1 binning, summed)
2003-08-03  22:50 to 22:56 h UT (#48054-59)
4.1 x 3.3 arc mins 

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