MWP 1 (aka Methuselah Nebula) and ALV 1 (Göran Nilsson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 66 Cyg · 66 ups Cyg · LBN 254 · NGC 7037 · PGC 1979452 · PGC 1986946 · PGC 1987718 · PGC 1990113 · PGC 1992316 · PGC 1992619 · PGC 1993753 · PGC 2004355 · PGC 2004912 · PGC 2008604 · PGC 2008679 · PGC 2009388 · PGC 2010208 · PGC 2010697 · PGC 2013685 · PGC 2016216 · PGC 2016413 · PGC 2019751 · PGC 2021373 · PGC 2022565 · PGC 2023440 · PGC 2024217 · PGC 2024302 · PGC 2024440 · PGC 2024561 · PGC 2024745 · And 55 more.

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MWP 1 (aka Methuselah Nebula) and ALV 1

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MWP1 (PK080-10.1) has been called the Methuselah Nebula (as it is very old, about 150 000 years). It was discovered in 1993 by C. Motch, K. Werner and M. Pakull. This bipolar planetary nebula struck me as relatively bright for being so old, and indeed this has puzzled astronomers. Because it is old it is also very large (about 15 light years long). The distance from Earth is about 4 500 ly. More info about it here: http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/mwp1-by-don-goldman/

ALV1 (Alves 1) is that smaller spherical PN below MWP1. It was discovered by Portuguese amateur astronomer Filipe Alves in 2009 (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.2477.pdf) while he was imaging MWP1.

I am not sure if the faint Oiii clouds seen in the image are associated with the PNs. Maybe someone knows?

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RA (center)	21h16m01s.28
RA (top/left)	21h21m54s.69
RA (top/right)	21h21m46s.87
RA (bottom/right)	21h09m53s.90
RA (bottom/left)	21h10m29s.67

Dec (center)	+33°52′03″.2
Dec (top/left)	+32°07′12″.5
Dec (top/right)	+35°38′47″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°35′37″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°03′55″.5

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