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DS 1

PLANETARY NEBULA IN VELA (THE SAILS)

(Image centered at: ra 10 h: 55m / dec -48º 55')

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January - 2025, Home Backyard in Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Planetary Nebula 

APPARENT DIAMETER: 6 x 5 arc minutes

APPARENT MAGNITUDE (V): N/A

DISTANCE: not found

IMAGE INFORMATION

INSTRUMENT: 6" ORION OPTICS UK (Ultra Grade Optics) w/Sky Watcher Coma Corrector (0.9x) working at at f4.5

CAMERA: QHY 183 MONO

MOUNT: VIXEN GDPX, OAG with Starlight Xpress Lodestar

FILTERS: BAADER LRGB Set + ANTLIA HA 3nm + Antila O3 3nm

SKY CONDITIONS: urban skies - Bortle 8

EXPOSURES: OHARGB (120,60,45,45,45)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

DS 1 (ESO 215-4) is a magnitude 12.12 planetary nebula located  in the eastern side of the constellation of Vela close to Centaurus. DS 1 was discovered by John Drilling in 1983.  This object has an irregular shape and is rather large for a 6x5 arc minutes size. The was one hour exposure in HA and there was only a weak signal in the center of the object. Definitely the main source shows up in the OIII line, bringing the green / blue hue. The central star of DS 1 is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with a period of 8.571 hours