NGC 1514 is a planetary nebula that was discovered by William Herschel on November 13, 1790.
Describing it "A most singular phaenomenon" and forcing him to rethink his ideas on the construction of the heavens.
Up until this point Herschel was convinced that all nebulae consisted of masses of stars too remote to resolve, but now here was a single star "surrounded with a faintly luminous atmosphere."
He went on to conclude "Our judgement I may venture to say, will be, that the nebulosity about the star is not of a starry nature".

It has since been conjectured that the nebula in fact envelops a tightly orbiting double star with a period of up to 10 days. Gas is presumably expanding away from the larger star of the pair.

NGC 1514 is also known as Crystal Ball Nebula. (WIKI)


Imaged over several nights in August-October 2016
LRGB

LUM - 36X600sec
RGB - 30 min each

Total about 7.5 HRS

All images at Bih 2 = 0.89" per pixel (so 7.5 hrs at bin 2 equals 28 hrs in bin 1...)
The star spikes are artificial.

C14 equipped with Starizona SCT corrector (operating at F7.2)
ASA DDM60 - no guiding :)
Imaged from my home in Gan-Yavne ISRAEL