Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6781
NGC 6781 PN, Kfir Simon
NGC 6781 PN
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NGC 6781 PN, Kfir Simon
NGC 6781 PN
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NGC 6781 is a Typical looking planetary nebula.(PN)

A PN is formed when a star is reaches the end of its life.

The star begins to dump out its material that expand outward from the star in a ring of hot ionized gas that we see as a planetary nebula.

The Blue star in the center of the ring is the PN's generator

( can be seen better in the next zoomed in image)

NGC 6781 is located in the constellation Aquila the Eagle.

Imaged with the 16" f8 Hypergraph

FLI camera

L-RGB image

Luminance - 60 min

RGB 20 minutes per channel

(Total of 2 HRS)

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2019

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NGC 6781 PN, Kfir Simon