NGC 40 Small Planetary

I haven't posted anything in awhile and this persistent winter is getting old so I had some time to process some images. Anyway, this does not appear to be a popular target probably because of the small size (only 1.2'). These small planetaries can be quite challenging but fun to capture.


Taken with a C11 at f/11.5 (3220mm), MI-250, AO-8, Optec Rotator, CFW-10, Astrodon LRGB Gen 1, ST-8XME. Lum 7x10 min 2x2, RGB each 5x10 min 2x2 processed in CCD Stack 2.

Chris N
Cedar, MN

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Nice shot, Chris. I can observe this fairly easily in my 16" in moderately light polluted skies. Here's an image from a 20" and yours compares favorably:
http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/n40.htm

Hi Chris,
Nice image!
regards,
Dave