Observation by Peter Goodhew FRAS: StDr 1 - a new discovery

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Peter Goodhew FRAS

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Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observed

2020 Jan 13 - 14:27

Uploaded

2020 Jan 13 - 14:30

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05^h53^m
Dec: +24°02'
Position angle: -6°06'

Field size

0°35' × 0°23'

Equipment

APM TMB 152 LZOS Refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
QSI6120wsg8 cameras

Exposure

Astrodon Blue: 17x300" Astrodon Green: 18x300" Astrodon Red: 18x300" Astrodon Lum: 21x300" Astrodon OIII: 8x1800s bin 3x3 As

Location

Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Target name

StDr 1 (Strottner Drechsler 1)

Title

StDr 1 - a new discovery

About this image

StDr 1 - a possible planetary nebula in the constellation of Taurus, discovered by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler in November 2019. This is the first time it has been imaged in colour. It is extremely faint - and so 1800 second exposures binned 3x3 were necessary

Files associated with this observation

StDr1v2.jpg (165.5 kB)

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