Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  PK216-00.1
Abell 18 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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Abell 18 Planetary Nebula

Abell 18 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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Abell 18 Planetary Nebula

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Abell 18 (PK216.00.1) is a small planetary nebula in Monoceros, measuring only 1.2 arc-minutes across. It is round with an outer Ha rim and inner Oiii area, with no visible progenitor star. Its magnitude is listed as 17.5, but seems much stronger than that for my image. The pure RGB image shows it well but dim. Ha and Oiii are of equal strength. The color of this Oiii/Ha enhanced version exactly matched the color displayed in the RGB version.

This PN is very rarely imaged, this being all I could find on the web.

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Abell 18 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon

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