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Old 29-04-2012, 12:06 AM
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Blue Planetary Spectra

Dear All
I aimed my LISA spectrograph at the blue planetary neb in Centaurus. It is a mag8.4 and is 12arcsec across. A good target for the spectrograph.
Using a 24um slit I achieved the spectra below. I have labelled lots of the lines. There is virtually no background spectra. Just emission lines. This demonstrates why narrow band filters work so well with planetary nebs.
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