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| Catalogue and alternative designations | PN
G317.2+08.6
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| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 14 24 32, -51 38 39 |
| Constellation | Lupus |
| Camera and Telescope | SBIG STXL 16200 and 36.8 cm (14.5") Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | Bi-colour image (HaOIIIOIII) with Hydrogen Alpha = 270 minutes, Oxygen III = 300 minutes with Astrodon filters all binned 2x2. |
| Description | This is an extremely obscure planetary nebula in Lupus about 2 arc minutes in diameter and discovered as part of the MASH (Macquarie AAO Strasbourg Halpha) survey. It's very faint at about 13th magnitude. |