[back] NGC 6445 (The Crawling Monster Planetary) in Sagittarius [NED]

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| CCD: | ST10 XME |
| Image Type, Orientation: | L-HaOIIIB Composite, North is at 3:00h |
| Exposure time: | L: 8x120 sec. 1x1 bin, Ha,OIII:: 8x300 sec. 1x1 bin, B:4x120 sec. 2x2 bin |
| Exposure date: | June 19th, 2004 |
| Location: | Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia |
| Filter: | FR03 + Astronomik Typ II L, Ha, OIII, B filters |
| Instrument: | Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm |
| Image seeing (FWHM): | 1.8" |
| Photographer: | Josef Pöpsel, Beate Behle |
| Remarks: |
When we first saw the Ha-Exposures of this PN, the shape of it became obvious: it's a crawling monster! Especially the five fingers of the right hand are obvious :-) CCD-Sharp and DDP were used. |
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| Bemerkungen: |
Als wir das erste mal die Ha-Aufnahmen diese PNs sahen, wurde die Gestalt klar: es ist ein krabbelndes Monster (a crawling monster). Besonders die fünf Finger der rechten Hand sind offensichtlich :-) CCD-Sharp und DDP wurden benutzt. |
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