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We 3-1

Weinberger 3-1 (We3-1, PK 044+10.1, PN G044.3+10.4) is a planetary nebula in Hercules. This is a highly evolved and extremely faint planetary with low surface brightness. It was discovered in 1978 by Ronald Weinberger. I has a size of 175 arc sec. I believe that this is the first ever deep image of this target as none others can be found online. The only other image that I could find was captured by Jim Shuder in 2010 https://www.pbase.com/image/126144277
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TARGET
Nomenclature
: Weinberger 3-1, We 3-1, PK 044+10.1, PN G044.3+10.4
Right Ascension: 18:34:02.65
Declination:  +14.49.19.30
Size: 175 arc seconds
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 20x300"
Green: 20x300"
Red: 20x300"
Ha: 51x900" bin 1x1
OIII: 77x900" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 37 hours
Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.377 degrees
Capture dates: 30 April - 8 May 2022
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

IMAGE PROCESSING:
CCDStack2 and Photoshop CS2
Ha image
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OIII image
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