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NGC 6751
Featured in the August 2021 Journal of the British Astronomical Association
NGC 6751, also known as the Glowing Eye Nebula or the Dandelion Puffball Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila. It is about 6,500 light-years from Earth.
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Nomenclature
: NGC 6751, The Glowing Eye Nebula, The Dandelion Puffball Nebula
Right Ascension: 19:05:55.6
Declination:  -05:59:32.93
Size: 24.1 arc sec
Discovery: Albert Marth on 20 July 1863
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
 IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 9x300"
Green: 9x300"
Lum: 10x300"
Red: 9x300"
Ha: 51x300" bin 1x1, 16x900" bin 1x1
OIII: 53x300" bin 1x1, 17x900" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 20 hours
Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.184 degrees
Capture dates: 24 April - 6 May 2021
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2

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OIII image

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