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Sh2-290 - Planetary Nebula in Cancer
Also known as Abell 31 and PK 219+31.1.  Ancient planetary nebula, about 2000 light-years away, one of the largest in the sky but very dim.

Sh2-290 - Planetary Nebula in Cancer

Also known as Abell 31 and PK 219+31.1. Ancient planetary nebula, about 2000 light-years away, one of the largest in the sky but very dim.




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Filename:Sh2-290_20250323_FLT132_ASI1600_RGB2.JPG
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:Sybaris Observatory, OCA site near Anza, California, 3/23/2025
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 refractor, ZWO ASI1600MM camera, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar guide camera, ZWO EAF focuster
Settings:10 5-minute exposures in each of Luminance, Red, Green and Blue filters, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.9.3, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:2405 KiB
Date added:Jul 10, 2025
Dimensions:1990 x 1690 pixels
Displayed:215 times
Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:382
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:Also known as Abell 31 and PK 219+31.1. Ancient planetary nebula, about 2000 light-years away, one of the largest in the sky but very dim.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.2 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:Sh2-290 - Planetary Nebula in Cancer
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2025
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