Prestgard 8 (Pre 8) and Abell 195




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A cropped image of the narrowband data (Halpha/OIII/OIII) in full resolution:




A animated comparison of the inverted Halpha and OIII data:


Location / Date

Zellerndorf, Sept - Nov 2019

Telescope / Mount / Guiding

ASA 10" Astrograph, ASA 3" Wynne-Corrector (focal length 910mm)
ASA DDM60, no guiding

Camera / Exposure

Moravian G3-16200, Astrodon filters

L 64 x 10min, R 12 x 5min bin2x2, G 12 x 5min bin2x2, B 12 x 5min bin2x2
Hα 24 x 20min
OIII 34 x 20min

Total exposure time: 33h

Processing

PixInsight, Fitswork, Photoshop

Notes

This area in the constellation Pisces contains a lot of very faint interstellar dust.

The faint circular Planetary Nebula Pre 8 (PN-G 143.3-43.2) was discovered by the Norwegian amateur astronomer Trygve Prestgard in 2016. The size of this nebula is about 1.6 arc min. The spectra confirmed that this nebula is a true Planetary Nebula, hence making it the first PN discovery in Pisces. It is also known as the Ghost of Pisces Nebula.

A lot of small galaxies are located around the bright stars Rho Pisces and 94 Pisces: the galaxy cluster Abell 195.

Thanks to Sakib Rasool for this suggestion!

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