NGC 6804

PLANETARY NEBULA - AQUILA

(Image centered at ra 19:31.6 / dec +09:13)

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September 2019 - Camping La Porteña, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Planetary Nebula

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 12

APPARENT DIAMETER: 1,1  arc minutes

DISTANCE: 4200 light years

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: ORION OPTICS UK 8" f5 Newtonian w/Televue Paracorr working at f5,75

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

MOUNT: SKY WATCHER NEQ6

FILTERS: Baader LRGB Set

SKY CONDITIONS: Rural Skies.

EXPOSURES: LRGB (30,30,30,30) 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Discovered by William Herschel on August 25th 1791, and later confirmed as a planetary by Francis Pease in 1917. NGC 6804 is a fairly faint object and has a physical diameter of 1.3 light years. The planetary lies in a very crowded are of the sky and it can be easily located at 5 degrees west form Altair. A very small object for the resolution of my set up, nevertheless the image presents some details in the inner structure.