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Image of the day 07/02/2023

Jacoby 1, Peter Goodhew
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Image of the day 07/02/2023

Jacoby 1, Peter Goodhew
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Jacoby 1 is a planetary nebula in Bootes, discovered by George Jacoby of The Deep Sky Hunters group.  It is renowned for being faint, although claims that it is the faintest planetary nebula are highly exaggerated. This was a collaboration with my great friend Sven Eklund.
Data acquisition and pre-processing:  Peter Goodhew and Sven Eklund
Post-processing: Peter Goodhew

OIII signal:
Jacoby1 OIII crop.jpg

Ha signal:
Jacoby1 Ha crop.jpg

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Jacoby 1, Peter Goodhew