Kronberger 61
Discovered by amateur astronomer Matthias Kronberger, Kn 61 is a faint planetary nebula. Resembling a soccer ball, Kn 61 is the ionized shell of expelled gas from a dying star. Kn 61 is within a relatively small patch of sky being intensely monitored by NASAs Kepler planet-finding mission.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (North) Mauna Kea, Hawai'i |
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| Telescope: | Gemini North |
| Instrument: | GMOS-N |
| Astronomer: | Gemini Observatory and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 07-01-2011 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | Hydrogen alpha (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (blue) |
| Exposure Times: | 2x500sec in each |
| Location of Image: | Cygnus |
| Field of View: | 2.2 x 3.4 arcmin |
| Orientation: | Rotated CCW 22 degrees from north is up east is to the left |
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