Observation by Peter Goodhew FRAS: LoTr 5

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Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observer

Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observed

2020 Feb 05 - 15:08

Uploaded

2020 Feb 12 - 15:10

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h55^m
Dec: +25°53'
Position angle: -6°16'

Field size

0°22' × 0°17'

Equipment

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

Exposure

Astrodon Blue: 20x300" Astrodon Green: 20x300" Astrodon Red: 20x300" Astrodon OIII: 43x1800s bin 2x2 Astrodon Ha: 41x1800s bi

Location

Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Target name

LoTr 5

Title

LoTr 5

About this image

LoTr 5 Longmore-Tritton 5, is a faint planetary nebula in Coma Berenices. Also designated PN G339.9 + 88.4 it was discovered by Longmore & Tritton in 1980. It is the highest Galactic latitude planetary nebula known.

Files associated with this observation

LoTr5.jpg (326.3 kB)

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Dr Paul Leyland, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Andy Wilson, Mark Phillips, Nik Szymanek, Nick Hewitt, Callum Potter, Peter Carson, Andrew Dumbleton

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2020 Feb 12 - 17:59 UTC

That is a lot of telescope time!

Just shy of two days (47 hours to be precise) if my calculations are correct, which is roughly six times more than I have ever considered devoting to a single image.

Hmm... I could reach mag 24 in that time. Perhaps I may give it a try one day.

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