NGC 2371 - 7.11.2021 at 00.39 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 102931

Visibility III / V

Toni Veikkolainen, Veikko Mäkelä, Kari Laihia, Christos Oscar Kambiselis, Olli-Pekka Joronen, Eero Koivula, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair

The program of the shooting night, which was finally interrupted by the clouds, also accommodated one DS subject photographed in color. In brightness, this cleverly shaped planetary nebula did not celebrate, but even the edge areas were still photographed.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- NGC 2371
Constellation
- Gemini
Field of view
28 arc minutes
Weather
- Kuuton ja pilvinen yö, revontulia pohjoisessa

Darkness
- Good
Seeing
- Good
Limiting magnitude
- 6
Nebulae
- Planetary nebula
  
  Planetary nebula is the remnant of a death star. It could be ring-shaped, disc-like or spread out rather irregularly.
  
  With the exception of some nearest objects planetary nebulae have a small apparent diameter and they need a rather big instrument to be visible.
  
  Planetary nebula M27 aka The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula. Image Juha Parvio.
  
  M76 aka The Little Dumbbell Nebula in Perseus. Image Rauno Päivinen.

Technical information

Alluna RC16, C415 / 3320, Moravian G4-16000 EC Mark II, with filter L 11 x 120 s, with filters R, G and B all 6 x 120 s, 20 x dark, 12 x flat, 20 x bias, 3x binding limited

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NGC 2371 - 7.11.2021 at 00.39 Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio Observation number 102931