PK104 29.1 (Jones 1) planetary nebula with distant interacting galaxies

[Dan_Paris]

   Hi.

 

PK104 29.1 (Jones 1) is a large but rather faint planetary nebula in Pegasus. Not the easiest from Bortle 7 with broadband filters! I framed it off-center to include the interacting pair of galaxies Arp 46 ( UGC 12665) as well as the spiral galaxy  UGC 12667. There are interesting details in the galaxies thanks to the rather good seeing (FWHM 1.7" on the luminance stack).

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Clear skies,

 

Dan

 

Technical details

200/800 custom Newtonian astrograph with Romano Zen optics and carbon fiber tube
AP900 CP4 mount on Losmandy HD tripod

ASI183mm (0.66"/pix)
TS 2.5" Riccardi-Wynne corrector
ZWO LRGB filters
Guiding : ZWO OAG + ASI120mm mini + AsiairV1
Luminance : 340 *60sec
Chrominance : 30*60sec for each R,G and B.
Conditions : Bortle 7 skies in Paris' suburbs, hazy skies and decent seeing (1.7" median FWHM on the luminance stack)
Stacking with Siril, processing with Pixinsight

 

 

 

[simmo39]

Very nice !

[geeklee]

Lovely Dan.  Great star colour, clean and excellent little details.  The PN looks great too.

[Dan_Paris]

Thanks a lot @simmo39 and @geeklee!

 

Clear skies,

 

Dan

[powerlord]

A nice example of how sometimes you don't need a massive target in the middle of the picture for it still to look very interesting.

[ollypenrice]

Once again, beautifully done.

Olly

[Dan_Paris]

Thanks @powerlord and @ollypenrice much appreciated,

 

Clear skies,

 

Dan