1 Recent Images of Planetary Nebulae (+ 2 extras) Dick Steinberg DVAA Meeting August 7, 2009.

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1 Recent Images of Planetary Nebulae (+ 2 extras) Dick Steinberg DVAA Meeting August 7, 2009

2 Equipment 12” Meade LX200ACF SCT reflector with 0.63x focal reducer, FL = 2065mm (f/6.8), 0.78”/pixel AP1200 mount on permanent backyard pier, no guiding needed up to ~5 min Orion StarShoot Pro v1 color camera

3 Pier, Mount and Scopes (8/09)

4 Configuration (8/09)

5 Orion StarShoot Pro V1 Data One-shot color camera, Bayer filter matrix 3032x2016 pixels, each 7.8 x 7.8 microns Chip size 25.1x17.6 mm 16 bit dynamic range Thermoelectric cooling Occasional problems with condensation on the external window

6 Sony 1.8” format 6MP chip

7 M57, the Ring Nebula

8 M27, the Dumbbell Nebula

9 NGC7662, Blue Snowball pn

10 NGC Saturn pn

11 NGC6826 Blinking pn

12

13 Pease 1 Finder chart 1

14 Finder chart 2

15 Finder chart 3

16 Pease 1 (ris, 8/7/2009)

17 Pease 1 closeup (ris)

18 Pease 1 (Stan Moore)

19 HST false color image

20 Ganymede, Io, Europa, J, Callisto

21 Jupiter central meridian (II) =216

22 C/2006 W3 Christensen

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