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Pa 28
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine January 2021
A planetary nebula in Cygnus discovered by Dana Patchick in 2012. Although there is an Ha signal it is extremely faint in comparison with the OIII signal. This is the first amateur image of Pa 28.

Discovery announcement: www.astroscu.unam.mx/apn6/PROCEEDINGS/B3-Kronberger.pdf
HASH entry: 202.189.117.101:8999/gpne/objectInfoPage.php?id=15566

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Nomenclature
: Pa 28, Patchick 28, PNG 076.8-08.1
Right Ascension: 20:58:10.94
Declination:  +33:08:33.10
Size: 133 arc sec
Discovery: Dana Patchick in 2012
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 13x300"
Green: 13x300"
Lum: 42x300"
Red: 14x300"
Ha: 16x900 bin 4x4
OIII 34x1800 bin 2x2, 15x900 bin 2x2
Total Integration: 31.6 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.226 degrees
Capture dates: 9 - 19 November 2020
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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