Jones 1
British Astronomical Association Picture Of The Week 4 November 2018
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine December 2019 and September 2021
Winner, Stargazers Lounge Imaging Challenge November 2018
Commended in the British Astronomical Association Journal August 2019
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine September 2020
An extremely faint planetary nebula in the constellation Pegasus. It is 2,300 light years from Earth.
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TARGET
Nomenclature:  Jones 1, PK 104-29.1, WD 2333+310, PN G104.2-29.6
Right Ascension: 23:35:53
Declination: +30:28:02
Size: 5.9 arc min
Discovery: Rebecca Jones in 1941

EQUIPMENT USED
APM TMB LZOS 152 refractor
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
QSI6120 CCD camera
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm Ha: 4x1800 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 18x1800 bin 2x2
Red: 12x300 bin 1x1
Green: 12x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 12x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 14 hours
Pixel scale: 0.534 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.362 degrees
Capture dates: 4-12 October 2018
Capture location:  Alcalali, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2