Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  PGC 2762257  ·  PGC 2762522  ·  PK107+21.1
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Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6), 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6)

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Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6), 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6)

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon 5nm H-Alpha filter: 127×900(31h 45′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Blue: 20×300(1h 40′) bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 80×900(20h) bin 1×1
Astrodon Red: 20×300(1h 40′) bin 1×1
Green: 20×300(1h 40′) bin 1×1
Integration:
56h 45′

RA center: 20h04m15s.665

DEC center: +74°2612.32

Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -10.365 degrees

Field radius: 0.377 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4250x2838

File size: 7.2 MB

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

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Description

Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6) is an evolved low-surface brightness planetary nebula in the constellation Draco. It has an approximate size of 198 arc seconds and is around 3,000 light years from Earth.
It was discovered by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek in 1962. It has a bow-shock structure which is attributed to interaction with the interstellar medium (ISM) and at its core is a binary star system.
I could only find one other image of this online - captured by the Capella Observatory in 2019.

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Kohoutek 1-6 (K 1-6), 



    
        

            Peter Goodhew