NGC 7293 in Aquarius


A small galaxy within the edge of the nebula (about 10 o'clock position)
is PGC 0837430, magnitude 17.

I noticed just below and left of centre was a small streak which turned out to be Asteroid 46563 Oken
shining at 16.8 magnitude.
Movement is shown for the 4 x 100 frame images taken over 17 minutes.

Red circle is generated in the measuring program Astrometrica.

Image Info

- Imaged on 20070909
- 20 cm f/4
  Newtonian Reflector
- 400 video frames
  no filter
  (luminance channel)
- Blended with lo-res colour
  print taken in 1989
  30 mins exposure on
  Hypered Ektar 1000
  25 cm f/5.8 Reflector

Image Info

One of the largest planetary nebula spanning nearly 20 arc minutes across
  
 
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