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Abell 80
Abell 80 - a large faint planetary nebula in Lacerta. Like all Abell planetaries, it has a very low surface brightness. It appears to be bipolar, viewed almost edge-on. It was first discovered around 1950 on photographic plates taken on the 48" Schmidt telescope at Mount Palomar. The OIII signal is much fainter than the Ha signal, and with little structure.
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Nomenclature
: Abell 80,
Right Ascension: 22:34:45.0
Declination:  +52:26:06.22
Size: 169 arc sec
Discovery: unknown around 1950
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 10x300"
Green: 11x300"
Lum: 22x120"
Red: 11x300"
Ha: 86x900" bin 1x1
OIII: 69x900 bin 1x1
Total Integration: 42 hours 9 minutes
Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.064 degrees
Capture dates: 16 September - 11 October 2021
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2
Ha image
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OIII image
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