Observation by Peter Goodhew: PaGo 2 (Patchick-Goodhew 2)

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Paul Downing

Observer

Peter Goodhew

Observed

2020 Jul 24 - 22:00

Uploaded

2020 Jul 25 - 10:22

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 17^h44^m
Dec: +22°36'
Position angle: -6°53'

Field size

0°37' × 0°24'

Equipment

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

Exposure

Ha 18x1800" bin 4x4 Blue 18x300" Green 22x300" Lum 24x300" OIII 22x1800" bin 4x4 Red 22x300" Total Integration: 27.2 hours

Location

Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Target name

PaGo 2 (Patchick-Goodhew 2)

Title

PaGo 2 (Patchick-Goodhew 2)

About this image

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.

Files associated with this observation

wk30_20_PaGo2_goodhew_240720.jpg (60.3 kB)

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