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PaGo 2 (Patchick-Goodhew 2)

10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
QSI6120wsg8 camera
This is a newly-discovered nebula in Hercules and is a potential planetary nebula. Peter hopes to obtain a spectrum soon that will help in confirming that it is.
Dana Patchick originally spotted some faint nebulosity on a POSS (Palomar Observatory Sky Survey) plate back on 14 January 2016, but never got around to getting someone to capture an image of it. So he asked Peter if he would give it a shot. Here's the result, with a small bright blue star at the centre of the image - a promising CSPN (Central Star of a Planetary Nebula). The star is magnitude 17.12, has a temperature of 40,338.5K, and a stellar mass of 0.41.