Derby and District Astronomical Society
Caldwell 39 (NGC 2392)
The Eskimo Nebula
Planetary Nebula in Gemini RA 07h 29m 12s Dec +20d 55m 00s
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The following is an image of the Eskimo Nebula (Caldwell 39/NGC 2392) in Gemini and was captured by
Adrian Brown on the 19th February 2005. The image is a stacked composite of eighteen 90 second exposures taken at f/10
with a Celestron C11 and ATK-1C combo. Adrian captured 60 minutes worth of raw images but comments 'my drive isn’t
really good enough for 90 second un-guided exposures and I couldn’t use most of the captured images. Still, even with
the egg shaped stars it’s quite an interesting image. The nebula was quite bright and visible in a 25mm eyepiece, even
though the Moon was also in Gemini at the time!' |
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