NGC 1514 - PK165-15.1

"The Crystal Ball Nebula"

• TYPE:  Planetary Nebula Type 3+2
• RA: 04h 09.2'
• DEC:  +30degrees 47'
• SIZE:  114"
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  10.9
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  9.40
• CONSTELLATION:  Taurus
• DISTANCE:  2300 Light Years
• DIAMETER:  3 Light Years

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  RCOS Carbon fiber 10 inch R/C reflector, on a Parramount GT1100
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None / operating at 9.0 FL
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments Group, ST-8XME Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None
• FILTER(S):  Astro Don LRGB
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -15 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION: 1X1 (1530X1020) Luminance, 2 X 2 (765 X 510) Red, Green, Blue resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  5 min. Luminance, 3 min.Red, Green, and Blue.
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  12, 12, 12, 12
• FILM SPEED:  N/A
• DATE/TIME:  10-29-2006 / 07:09:50.058 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, California
• TEMPERATURE:  57 degrees
• HUMIDITY:  25%

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