NGC 1360




About this image.

Other planetary nebulae in this series of photographs show they can take a wide variety of shapes. Most show a distinctive and well marked symmetry, which can vary from more or less spherical, to doughnut-like annuli or to bi-polar, butterfly-like objects. Planetary nebulae also usually have well-defined boundaries, sometimes even a shell-like structure. For reasons that are not understood, NGC 1360 defies all these conventions, yet its colour still clearly identifies it as a planetary nebula. The green hue is oxygen, excited by the hot central star, and to the north-east of the nebula is a faint red smudge, probably traces of material ejected before the star became a true planetary nebula.
 

(Text taken from AAO)
 

Equipment

Telescope:                 12.5" Ritchey Chretien by RC Optical Systems
Mount:                      Paramount ME by Software Bisque
Instrument:               STL11000M CCD Camera by SBIG

Exposure:                  L + L(Syn)RGB 5.5 hours: 7.5 hours: 2.5 hours : 2.5 hours: 2.5hours

Capture Software:       CCDSOFT V5
Processing:                Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS, CCDStack

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