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AGP2_Bicolor

This one is not much much to look at, being extremely small (angular size 34’’x 18”)and faint (surface brightness 23.8 mag-arc/sec2). It was discovered in 1997 by inspection of the red POSS2 plates by Ali, Gajdosek and Pfleiderer:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997MNRAS.289..589A
It is estimated to be 28 Ly distant. There is no central star identified on the POSS plate, nor in my image ( not surprising with narrowband only ). Emission line analysis suggests that it is strong in NII>Ha>OIII. It is about 20’ away from AGP2, a smaller PN discovered at the same time, but I could not squeeze them in the same frame effectively. Thanks for looking.

Imaging Camera: QSI640 wsg
Imaging Scope: 9.25" Celestron edge at F/10
Guide Camera: SX Lodestar x 2, PHD2
Mount:Avalon M Uno
Filters: Astrodon
Exposure: 30 minute subs. 2 hours 5nm OIII and 2 hours 5nm Ha, all binned X2
Capture Program: APT
Processing: CCD Stack and PS CC.
Date: 7/9/18
Location: My front driveway. Morristown, NJ
Thanks Sakib Rasool for suggesting this target.


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