Sunday, July 19, 2015

Planetary Nebula PK 104-29.1 aka Jones 1

Planetary Nebula PK 104-29.1 aka Jones 1
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PK 104-29.1, also known as "Jones 1", is a very faint, ghostlike planetary nebula in the constellation of Pegasus. This image was taken at the Mayall telescope with the Mosaic camera, with [OIII] (assigned a blue color) and H-alpha (orange) filters. In the image North is up and East is to the left.
Image Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF
Image enhancement: Jean-Baptiste Faure

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