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           Abell 24     
        Planetary Nebula in Canis Minor
      RA:07h 51m 45s  Dec: +02° 36' 06" Distance - ~1730 ly  Size 6 arc/min


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Location & Date
Backyard, Abbott Observatory- Long Island, NY,  March 2022
Telescope
Orion ED80 F/7 APO, Moonlite focuser, iOptron GEM45G, Pegasus Falcon rotator
Image scale 2.54 arcsec/pixel
Camera
SBIG ST-2000XM
Baader Ha L R G B  filters
CCD temp -15°C
Exposures
Ha- 12x10m  L- 24 x 5m  Red- 15 x 3m  Green - 15 x 3m  Blue- 15 x 3m   Bin 1x1 
Planning & Acquisition
Image planning - Sequence Generator Pro
Image acquisition - Sequence Generator Pro w/PinPoint & PHD2 (guiding)
Processing
CCDStack -  Calibration, Normalize, Alignment,  Deconvolution
Adobe PS -  Ha+LRGB combine, Color adjustments, Noise reduction, Sharpen, JPEG conversion
RC-Astro Star XTerminator
Topaz Gigapixel AI - Ha structure details



Abell 24 is a planetary nebula in Canis Minor and is also known as PK 217+14.1. Its location is approximately 496 ly above our galatic plane.

From Wikipedia:
A planetary nebula (PN, plural PNe), is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives.
The term "planetary nebula" is a misnomer because they are unrelated to planets. The term originates from the planet-like round shape of these nebulae observed by astronomers through early telescopes.


Initial stretch of two hours total exposure in Hydrogen using a 5nm Ha filter shows the nebulas structure.

Abell 24 position shown relative to our location (Sun) in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Galatic Longitude: 217.2
Galatic Latitude: 14.8
Distance from Galatic Plane: 496 ly above the galatic plane

Above image and info provided by Our Galaxy 3D Atlas application and used with permission by Otherwise