KARACHENTSEVA-KARACHENTSEV 26
An elongated planetary nebula.  It has a size of 1.75 x 0.8 arc minutes.
It was first discovered in 1995 as part of a search for dwarf galaxies (Visual search for galaxies near the northern crossing of the Supergalactic Plane by the Milky Way).
In 2000 it was included in the Karachentsev list of candidate dwarf galaxies, designated as KK 26.
However later that year it was concluded that KK26 is not a dwarf galaxy, but a Galactic bipolar planetary nebula (An Emission Line Survey of Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Candidates)
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Nomenclature:  Karachentseva-Karachentsev 26, KK26, Camelopardalis C, PNG 139.3+04.8
Image Right Ascension: 03:23:04.90
Image Declination: +62:47:07.11.7
Size: 1.75 x 0.8 arc minutes
Discovery: Valentina E. Karachentseva and Igor D. Karachentsev

EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QHY268 M Pro cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Ha 5nm: 213x600" bin 1x1
OIII 3nm: 251x600" bin 1x1, 2x900" bin 1x1
Red: 28x300" bin 1x1
Green: 32x300" bin 1x1
Blue: 50x300" bin 1x1
Total integration: 87 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.269 degrees
Capture dates: 2 February-18 December 2023
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop CS2