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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Stellarvue SVT 130T
Imaging camera:SBIG STT 8300M
Mount:Astro-Physics Mach1AP GTO CP4
Guiding telescope or lens:Stellarvue SVT 130T
Guiding camera:SBIG STT 8300M
Software:Software Bisque TheSky X Professional, Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Software, CCDWare FocusMax V.4, DC-3 Dreams ACP Observatory Control Software, PixInsight, EQMOD, Maxim DL
Filters:Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2, Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2, Astrodon 3nm OIII 31mm, Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2
Accessory:Moonlite Nitecrawler 3.5
Resolution: 1356x1288
Dates:Oct. 18, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon 3nm OIII 31mm: 12x1800" bin 1x1
Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 24x240" bin 1x1
Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 24x240" bin 1x1
Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2: 24x240"
Integration: 10.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 19.10 days
Avg. Moon phase: 80.19%
Astrometry.net job: 2992646
RA center: 292.896 degrees
DEC center: 9.225 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.610 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.119 degrees
Field radius: 0.158 degrees
Locations: Stanford Faculty Observatory, Stanford, California, United States
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Have seen this called both Blue and White Snowball. The color is from the RGB, so IMHO it is blue. O-III was used for L. The drizzled version (here) was much better than the un-drizzled version.
It is very small: 1.1 Arc' in diameter on the long axis.
This nebula exhibits some evidence of an interaction with the interstellar medium, along with a characteristic central torus and outer halo. It may be similar to NGC 2371, but older and with a less constrained wind.
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