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Catalogue and alternative designations MeWe 1-10, PNG 336.9, -11.5

 

Type Planetary Nebula 
Position 17 34 21, -54 28 55
Constellation Ara
Camera and Telescope STLXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien
Focal Ratio F9
Exposure Details HaOIIIOIIILRGB with Hydrogen alpha = 200 minutes and OIII = 220 minutes. Luminance = Red = Green = Blue = 30 minutes
Description MeWe 1-10  is a planetary nebula that seems never to have been imaged in colour before. It was discovered in 1990 by Daniela Melmer and Ronald Weinberger. It's about 1.3 arcminutes in diameter. The image is a full size crop. No magnitude data is given.