Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  LBN 206
PN G075.5+01.7 Soap Bubble Nebula, Jerry Macon
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PN G075.5+01.7 Soap Bubble Nebula

PN G075.5+01.7 Soap Bubble Nebula, Jerry Macon
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PN G075.5+01.7 Soap Bubble Nebula

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Images from the following two scopes (piggybacked) contributed to this image:

AG12+ASI1600MM at .70 asec/pix (HaOIII)

TV127is+ASI183MM at .75 asec/pix. (LRGB)

They were all registered to the best OIII image taken on the AG12.

This image was unguided.

The Soap Bubble Nebula, or PN G75.5+1.7, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus, near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). It was discovered by amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich using an Astro-Physics 160 mm refractor telescope with which he imaged the nebula on June 19, 2007 and on July 6, 2008. The nebula was later independently noted and reported to the International Astronomical Union by Keith. B. Quattrocchi and Mel Helm who imaged PN G75.5+1.7 on July 17, 2008.

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PN G075.5+01.7 Soap Bubble Nebula, Jerry Macon