Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  NGC 246
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NGC 246, 



    
        

            Wolfgang Promper
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NGC 246

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NGC 246, 



    
        

            Wolfgang Promper
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NGC 246

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
ASA 600
Imaging Cameras
Moravian Instruments C3-61000
Mounts
ASA DDM200

Acquisition details

RA center: 00h47m03s.372

DEC center: -11°5218.96

Pixel scale: 0.779 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.336 degrees

Field radius: 0.321 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 2300x1875

File size: 1.9 MB

Locations: Tivoli Southern Sky Guestfarm, Khomas, Namibia

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

Description

NGC 246 in Cetus, some call it the Skull nebula.
It´s the next one of my current moonlit nights planetary sessions.
Its a plain Ha OIII bicolor without RGB stars 120 min each.
interrestingly the narrowband stars worked quite well.

Wolfgang

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NGC 246, 



    
        

            Wolfgang Promper

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