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Old 22-01-2016, 12:33 AM
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Longmore3 Planetary Nebula in Puppis

Well not a new tiny faint spheroidal galaxy buuuut I think this may be the first amateur (or at least we couldn't find another..?) image taken of this baby...? and because of this I was asked to image it by Sakib Rasool

...so here it is .

Also known as Wray 17-1 this small faint planetary nebula is in Puppis and this is perhaps the only full colour image ever taken of this little beauty? The main ring is only about 1.5 arc min in diameter and the faint outer OIII halo extends out to about 3 arc min in diameter. Floating in a faint wafting sea of red ionised Hydrogen (part of the Gum Nebula), it makes for a lovely scene I recon

Longmore3 (100% crop)

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The only other decent image I could find taken of this little baby was one by ESO but it is not a full colour image

Enjoy

Mike
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