SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Ara Jerahian
Location of Photo:
Home observatory, Southern Maine
Date/Time of photo:
Over 11 nights between Jan-Mar 2021
Equipment:
Explore Scientific ED127mm refractor, ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool camera, and Ha, OIII, SII, R, G, B filters.
Description:
This large yet very faint planetary nebula has been around for over 100,000 years. It is often described as ancient, as the gases are believed to be already dispersing away. Direct trigonometric measurements put this nebula at 568 pc, roughly ~1850 ly from Earth.
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