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Catalogue and alternative designations NGC 2346
Type Planetary Nebula 
Position 07 09 23, -00 08 24
Constellation Monoceros
Camera and Telescope STXL6303 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien working at F9
Focal Ratio F9
Exposure Details This is a bi-colour LHaOIII image using Astrodon and Chroma filters The exposures were Luminance = 100m, Hydrogen Alpha = 100m and Oxygen III = 120m. All exposures unbinned
Description This is a reasonably bright planetary nebula of the butterfly shaped variety. The magnitude is 9.6 and the size is about 52 arcseconds. the distance is about 4760 light years.