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Old 01-08-2009, 07:49 PM
Enchilada
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Ron
Here is a close up image of the object. I agree it is not listed anywhere that I can see. It also looks amazingly bright for an unknown object
However I doubt if it is a planetary, as the infrared image (DSS2) shows no evidence of nebulosity at all. Planetary nebula are brightest in most cases in Hydrogen alpha. My own guess it is might be a number of interacting galaxies, in which a star just happens to be placed over the southern portion of the nebula. I have added an image below taken from the SERC/ER/DSS2 and the SERC/J?DSS1. (See http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/alapre.pl...+51&button=RGB )

Else it could be a bipolar planetary nebula, a there are faint nebulosities roughly east-west (PA 60 or 70 degrees), This is easily seen in the negative version as attached below.

Interesting to see what occurs when this is investigated in more depth.

Cheers
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