Observation by Alan Thomas: Lo Tr5 Planetary Nebula - not!

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2025 May 16 - 01:41

Uploaded

2025 May 31 - 18:51

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h55^m
Dec: +25°53'
Position angle: -1°49'

Field size

0°32' × 0°32'

Equipment

PlaneWave 61cm f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
FLI ProLine KAF-16803 CCD camera
10Micron GM4000 robotic German equatorial mount

Exposure

45sec.

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

Lo Tr5 Planetary Nebula

Title

Lo Tr5 Planetary Nebula - not!

About this image

This faint planetary nebula is the Deep Sky Section's May 'Object of Interest'.

This PIRATE exposure is presumably too short to show any trace of the nebula. I have requested a longer exposure, but no result available as yet.

But even a nul result is a result!

Files associated with this observation

LoTr5 PIRATE v3image-jpeg-i.jpg (3.1 MB)

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