Dates:May 17, 2015
Frames: 50x12"
Integration: 0.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 28.81 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.59%
Astrometry.net job: 639024
Resolution: 255x255
Locations: Observatorio Berruguete, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Bright but low in the horizon planetary nebula. Appealing in visual with UHC-E filter.
This planetary nebula is most frequently called the Ghost of Jupiter, or Jupiter's Ghost due to its similar size to the planet, but it is also sometimes referred to as the Eye Nebula.
Measures around two light years long from end to end, and contains a central white dwarf with an apparent magnitude of eleven. The inner layers of the nebula were formed some 1,500 years ago.
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