Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  PGC 1372484  ·  PGC 1373217  ·  PGC 1375888  ·  PGC 1377259
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Rocking  Chair Nebula, Peter Goodhew
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Rocking Chair Nebula

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Rocking Chair Nebula

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Dana Patchick and I discovered this nebula when searching for potential undiscovered planetary nebulae. It had a promising hot star which triggered the possibility of this being an attractive, large PN. However after shooting 8 hours with an OIII filter we found no OIII emission. Thus we concluded that it was a 'failed' PN - but a nice example of ionised ISM. Its curious morphology led me to name it The Rocking Chair Nebula.

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Rocking  Chair Nebula, Peter Goodhew