Imaged on nights of 9/19/2020, 10/6/2020, 10/9/2020, 10/9/2020, 10/10/2020, 10/12/2020, 10/13/2020, 10/14/2020, 10/16/2020, 10/28/2020, 10/30/2020
NGC1360 is a very large planetary nebula only transits my obs at 28 degrees, so I had to take images on many nights to get enough good subs. You don't actually need to take any Oiii for this one because the RGB is exceptionally strong. The Ha does help a lot.
This is one of my last targets for the ASI178MM, which I bought used because it was discontinued. The very low noise and 14 bit output appealed to me, but it is a small chip so provides a very small FOV. I replaced it with an ASI6200MM, a superb camera in every way.
Wikipedia:
NGC 1360, also known as the Robin's Egg Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Fornax. It was identified as a planetary nebula due to its strong radiation in the OIII (oxygen) bands. Reddish matter, believed to have been ejected from the original star before its final collapse, is visible in images. It is slightly fainter than IC 2003.
The central star of the system was suspected to be binary since 1977, but was only confirmed in 2017. The central source consists of a low-mass O-type star and a white dwarf, with masses of 0.555 M? and 0.679 M? respectively.
NGC 1360 was discovered in January 1868 by the German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke.
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