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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC 3242, "Ghost of Jupiter" |
| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Position | 10 24 36, -18 38 33 |
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien working at F9 |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | This is a bi-colour HaOIII image using Astrodon and Chroma filters The exposures were Hydrogen Alpha = 100m and Oxygen III = 120m. All exposures unbinned |
| Description | This is a reasonably bright planetary nebula with a quoted apparent diameter of 25 arc seconds although the surrounding structure is much larger. The apparent magnitude is 8.6 |