Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6894
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NGC 6894, astroeyes
NGC 6894
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NGC 6894

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From early 2006 using the MX5C.

Rather faint at magnitude 14.4 but with a magnitude 16 central star, is Ngc 6894 in Cygnus at a distance of 4.2 kly. Apparently it is partially obscured from our view by a dust cloud so we are perhaps fortunate to see it at all, maybe that is why it appears very pink in my image. Apparent size is only 42" and my image scale of 1.8 arcsec/pixel is not sufficient to adequately resolve this beautiful planetary, plus it was getting very late when I was imaging 6894. However, 20 x 60 second exposures reveals something of the structure within this object.

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NGC 6894, astroeyes