Observation by Mark Fairfax: Jones 1 DS challenge

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2025 Nov 19 - 21:56

Uploaded

2025 Nov 21 - 15:58

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Constellation

Pegasus

Field centre

RA: 23^h35^m
Dec: +30°28'
Position angle: +36°53'

Field size

1°13' × 0°48'

Equipment

Celestron Origin
Optolong L-eNhance narrowband 1.25in filter

Exposure

495 secs (33x15s)

Location

Nottinghamshire (Bortle 5-6)

Target name

Jones 1 Planetary Nebula in Pegasus

Title

Jones 1 DS challenge

About this image

I thought I'd have a go at Owen Brazell's Deep-Sky challenge in this month's Astronomy Now magazine - just to push my Origin smart scope (6in RASA). And pleasingly managed to get the two main brighter arcs once I added my narrowband filter. Modern telescope advances really do seem to be bringing in deep-sky objects that previously would have only been the remit of much larger aperture telescopes.

*(Apologies as I couldn't get a match for Jones 1 in the "Objects in image" field or using any of it's other catalogue numbers)

Files associated with this observation

Jones1_MF19112025.jpeg (5.1 MB)

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