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Old 02-08-2009, 11:38 PM
Enchilada
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Huuuuummmm....

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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
Ah...there you go. In the UV, there appears to be a discreet point source in the centre of the area. If it's a PN then that would be the white dwarf remnant. Being that bright in the UV would also mean it's a fairly young neb and therefore quite small. It's giving off most of it's light in the UV which means it's surface temp could be anywhere upto 250-300000K.
It could be a new planetary nebula that has just brightened up.

Look forward to see some spectra, as you've also said earlier.

Intriguing. Absolutely, no doubt.
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