Jones 1

Jones 1

PK 104-29.1, also known as Jones 1, is a very faint, ghostlike planetary nebula. It has its somewhat unusual name because it was discovered by Rebecca Jones of Harvard College Observatory in 1941.

Observatory: Kitt Peak National Observatory  Kitt Peak, Arizona
Telescope: KPNO 4-Meter
Instrument: Mosaic I  
Astronomer: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
Date of Observation: 08-28-2009
Filters and Assigned Colors: Oxygen [OIII] (blue) and Hydrogen-Alpha (orange)
Exposure Times: 5x10min in each
Location of Image: Pegasus
Field of View: 13.4 x 13.4 arcmin
Orientation: North is up, East is to the left
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