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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
1360, The Robin's egg.
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| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 03 33.3, -25 51 |
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL11002, STXL6303 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB =165:60:60:60 with Baader filters. Luminance binned 1x1, colour 2x2 (STXL11002). Hydrogen Alpha = 240 minutes, Oxygen III = 280 minutes unbinned. Astrodon and Chroma filters. |
| 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. The small reddish jet at
the top
results from an earlier outburst
of the central star. There is a
much fainter jet at the other
end of the nebula (lower left).
This image is a full resolution
crop.
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