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| Catalogue and alternative designations | SB3
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| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 18 12 14.48, -31 19 58 |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8cm RCOS Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | This
is a LHaOIIIOIIIRGB image with
Luminance = 100 minutes, Hydrogen Alpha
= 300 minutes, Oxygen III = 330 minutes
and Red = Green = Blue =20
Minutes using Astrodon 3nm
filters. Luminance was unbinned
and everything else was binned
2x2
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| Description | Very
little is known about this faint
planetary nebula in Sagittarius
and this may be the first ever
colour image of it. The central
shell is recorded as 75 x 55
arcseconds and there may be
structures extending out to 2.5
x 2 arcminutes although this
image doesn't show much in that
regard. It was discovered by
Sylvie Beaulieu.
The possible outer structures around this planetary nebula were discovered by the Galactic Planetary Nebula Halo Survey (GPNHS) team in February 2015.
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