PK 164+31.1 - The Headphone Nebula (Timothy Martin)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lynx (Lyn) · Contains: PK164+31.1

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PK 164+31.1 - The Headphone Nebula

This is the Headphone Nebula, designated Jones-Emberson 1 (PK164+31.1). This is a planetary nebula located in the Lynx constellation about 1,500 light years away. As with all planetary nebulas, this represents the future of our solar system and the small blue-white star at the center of this photograph is a white dwarf that represents the future of our sun. Planetary nebulas are generally beautiful, small, and short-lived by astronomical standards--roughly 10,000 to 20,000 years of life before they fade into the void. But those short lives are meaningful because they provide much of the oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, silicon, and other heavier elements that ultimately contribute to planetary formation in our galaxy.

I only had 15 minutes to shoot this before the sun came up, so improvement is definitely possible on this target. I was trying to squeeze in everything I possibly could on the Big Bend trip.

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RA (center)	07h57m49s.215
RA (top/left)	07h59m28s.752
RA (top/right)	07h56m03s.802
RA (bottom/right)	07h56m10s.567
RA (bottom/left)	07h59m34s.100

Dec (center)	+53°25′05″.41
Dec (top/left)	+53°35′27″.13
Dec (top/right)	+53°34′02″.45
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°14′39″.27
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°16′04″.10

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