Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Bow-Tie nebula  ·  NGC 40  ·  PK120+09.1
NGC 40 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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NGC 40 Planetary Nebula

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
NGC 40 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon
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NGC 40 Planetary Nebula

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The Planetary Nebula NGC 40 has about the most intense Ha emission of any target I know of. This image is pure RGB. I did take Ha which I did not use because the Ha stacked image looked identical to the R stacked image. The B is also very strong, and the G good but less intense. As we see, 6 second exposures are plenty for this target to bring out the details of this nebula. Even so, it looks over exposed. I actually had to tone it down some from the initial stacked results, as opposed to most PN that require some boosting.

NGC 40 (also known as the Bow-Tie Nebula and Caldwell 2) is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel on November 25, 1788, and is composed of hot gas around a dying star. The star has ejected its outer layer which has left behind a smaller, hot star with a temperature on the surface of about 50,000 degrees Celsius. Radiation from the star causes the shed outer layer to heat to about 10,000 degrees Celsius, and is about one light-year across.[3] About 30,000 years from now, scientists theorize that NGC 40 will fade away, leaving only a white dwarf star approximately the size of Earth. (Wikipedia)

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NGC 40 Planetary Nebula, Jerry Macon

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