Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  PK118+08.2
Abell 86 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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Abell 86 Planetary Nebula

Abell 86 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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Abell 86 Planetary Nebula

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Abell 86 (PK118.7+8.2) is a rarely imaged planetary nebula, located in Cepheus. This is only the third image on Astrobin. Abell86 is a small Abell PN, measuring 1.1 arc minutes and has a magnitude listed at 16.7. No hint of it shows on the RGB image. The Ha is stronger than the Oiii, but they are concentrated in different areas of a fairly uniform circle. This makes the overall appearance of Abell86 look like it has chickenpox, a rather mottled look, quite unusual. This unusual appearance to my knowledge has not been noted by any other source.

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Abell 86 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon

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