Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  PGC 214626  ·  PGC 60722  ·  PK027+16.1
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DeHt 2, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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DeHt 2, 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon 5nm H-Alpha filter: 113×900(28h 15′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Blue: 18×300(1h 30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Green 1.25: 18×300(1h 30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Lum: 122×300(10h 10′) bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 102×900(25h 30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Red: 19×300(1h 35′) bin 1×1
Integration:
68h 30′

RA center: 17h41m48s.275

DEC center: +03°0843.37

Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -9.878 degrees

Field radius: 0.188 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4250x2838

File size: 1.4 MB

Locations: e-Eye, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extramadura, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Description

DeHt 2  is a faint (mag 14.9) planetary nebula in Ophiuchus. It is estimated to be 6000 to 10,000 light years from Earth. It is small at 94 arc seconds.
It was discovered in 1979 by J. Dengel, H. Hartl and R. Weinberger.
The mag 13.5 spiral galaxy at upper left is UGC10943, located about 115 million light years away.

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