Catalogue and alternative designations NGC 1360

 

Type Planetary Nebula 
Position  03 33.3, -25 51
Constellation Fornax
Camera and Telescope STL11000M and 31.75 cm Ritchey Chretien
Focal Ratio F9
Exposure Details LRGB =150:60:60:60 with Astrodon filters. Luminance binned 1x1, colour 2x2
Description This unusual planetary nebula is almost exactly ten degrees north of the barred spiral NGC 1365. It's reasonably bright (magnitude 9.4) and quite large at about 6.5' across.  There is a small reddish jet at the lower left which apparently results from an earlier outburst of the central star.

For an earlier ST10 image click here