Hello,
Over a couple of night’s I managed to record the Globular Cluster Palomar 6 in Ophiuchus, Magnitude 11.60, Size 1.2' which was discovered by George Abell in 1952.
The
Palomar globular clusters were discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). Upon researching these objects, I discovered that a
Planetary Nebula JaFu 1, was lurking nearby. Looking at my image, I think that I have a reasonable candidate for this object, although it is so faint and indistinct in my image that I cannot be certain. It is the tiny, coloured blob in the middle of the smaller circle.
Like Palomar 6, the Planetary Nebula JaFu 1 is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus and was discovered in 1997. The information on PN JaFu 1 seems scant.
You never know what you will find in your images!
The attached files show the full field, resized down from 1600x1200 to 1024x768 whilst the 600x800 images are full resolution crops from the frame.
Cheers
Dennis