Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)
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PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx, Ivan Raichev
PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx
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PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx

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PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx, Ivan Raichev
PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx
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PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx

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I first saw PuWe1 last Spring and decided that I wanted to try to image it. Back then I collected a total of 9 hours and a half of material. Now with the coming of Winter the object started to rise again and in fact I think that now is the perfect time if one wants to image it because it is available all night. I dedicated two more nights in the beginning of January when the Moon was shining in front of all other interesting objects.

Processing wasn't easy as the nebula is faint. However I reached to a state that I like and I am sharing it with you.

PuWe1 stands for Purgathofer-Weinberger 1. It is a planetary nebula discovered in Y1980. Discovery was made on Palomar Deep Sky Survey prints. The size of PuWe1 is estimated at 20 arc minutes and its distance from us - about 1 200 light years.

SkySafari indicates visual magnitude of +11.19.

I am happy that I was able to capture this object from my astro terrace in Sofia.

Cs,
Ivan

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PuWe1 (PK158.9 + 17.1) - a faint planetary nebula in Lynx, Ivan Raichev