Observation by David Swan: Planetary nebula NGC 7008

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2018 Jun 16 - 22:03

Uploaded

2018 Jun 17 - 19:55

Objects

NGC7008

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h00^m
Dec: +54°32'
Position angle: -64°19'

Field size

0°24' × 0°18'

Equipment

200mm SCT @ f/6.3
ASI183MM
Baader UV+IR cut
FireCapture, DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop

Exposure

50 x 10s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

NGC 7008

Title

Planetary nebula NGC 7008

About this image

The collimation of the telescope was off: off axis coma is quite pronounced. Nonetheless, this is an interesting object highlighted in July 2018's Astronomy magazine.

Files associated with this observation

ngc7008_20180616_2303_dswan.png (1023.6 kB)

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