The LRGB images I presented earlier in this post showed what I considered a reasonable candidate for the Planetary Nebula JaFu 1, located in the constellation of Ophiuchus and only discovered in 1997
I converted a cropped copy of my LRGB image into a B&W rendition via CS5 and then inverted the result. After using “Curves” I noticed a faint concentration slightly higher in the frame than the more diffuse region that I originally thought might be JaFu 1.
I downloaded some USNO B star data and generated an overlay in CS5 but this proved inconclusive.
I then took the finder chart from
http://www.blackskies.org/JaFu_challenge.htm and overlaid it on my image and there is good correlation between the plotted position in the finder chart and the faint concentration in my inverted image, making this a better candidate. I have also included an animation to help locate what I think might be JaFu 1.
Even with 15 min subs, this is proving to be one tough object to confirm with a high degree of confidence, especially given that my original target was Palomar 6!
Cheers
Dennis
PS - @Lester – I could not find a galaxy at the location you mentioned after performing various searches.
