Observation by Peter Goodhew FRAS: Discovery of outer structures to NGC 676...

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Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observer

Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observed

2025 May 08 - 09:14

Uploaded

2025 May 09 - 09:17

Objects

NGC6765

Equipment

APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
ASA DDM85 mount
10micron GM2000 HPS mount
Celestron EdgeHD 14" SCT
QHYCCD QHY268 MM Pro cameras
QHYCCD QHY600 Pro M camera

Exposure

22 hours 20 minutes HaOIIIRGB

Location

Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Target name

NGC 6765

Title

Discovery of outer structures to NGC 6765

About this image

NGC 6765 is a bipolar high excitation planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. Its distance to earth is estimated at around 4,000 light-years.
It was discovered by Albert Math on June 27, 1864 and first published in the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 36, page 68.
It is registered as having an angular size of 40".
However this deep image reveals intricate outer structures exceeding 2' 30".
Image captured on my robotic telescopes in Spain.
More information at https://www.imagingdeepspace.com/ngc-6765.html

Files associated with this observation

NGC6765 crop.jpg (42.5 kB)

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Callum Potter, Paul Whitmarsh, Andy Wilson, Callum Wingrove, Simon Paul Davis, Manolo_Rodriguez, Dominic Ford, Peter Carson, Tim Haymes, Philip Jennings

Comments

Callum Wingrove, 2025 May 09 - 14:59 UTC

Excellent Peter!

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