NGC 6804 – Planetary Nebula in the Constellation Aquila
This wonderful little planetary nebula is found in the constellation Aquila and clearly shows an inner and outer halo when processed. It is about 4,200 light-years away and has a magnitude 12.0 with a magnitude 14.4 central star.
The image center is located at RA (hms): 20h 22m 22.776s and Dec (dms): +20° 05' 55.485" with an image size of 38.6 x 31.6 arc-minutes. North is to the right.
Tech Specs: This image is composed of 96 x 15 second images at ISO 5,000 with 5 x 15 second darks and 5 x 1/4000 second bias frames using a Meade LX90 12” telescope and Canon 6D camera mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount. Imaging was done on November 6, 2016 and October 10, 2016 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Online references:
DSO-Browser (dso-browser.com/deep-sky/7972/ngc-6804/planetary-nebula)
DeepSkyPedia (www.deepskypedia.com/wiki/NGC_6804)
NGC 6804 – Planetary Nebula in the Constellation Aquila
This wonderful little planetary nebula is found in the constellation Aquila and clearly shows an inner and outer halo when processed. It is about 4,200 light-years away and has a magnitude 12.0 with a magnitude 14.4 central star.
The image center is located at RA (hms): 20h 22m 22.776s and Dec (dms): +20° 05' 55.485" with an image size of 38.6 x 31.6 arc-minutes. North is to the right.
Tech Specs: This image is composed of 96 x 15 second images at ISO 5,000 with 5 x 15 second darks and 5 x 1/4000 second bias frames using a Meade LX90 12” telescope and Canon 6D camera mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount. Imaging was done on November 6, 2016 and October 10, 2016 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Online references:
DSO-Browser (dso-browser.com/deep-sky/7972/ngc-6804/planetary-nebula)
DeepSkyPedia (www.deepskypedia.com/wiki/NGC_6804)