IPHASX J205013.7+465518

IPHASX J205013.7+465518

Informally known as the 'Ear Nebula', this relatively old and very faint planetary nebula was discovered by the INT/WFC Photometric H-alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) in 2005.

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: 05-11-2012
Filters and Assigned Colors: Hydrogen alpha (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (blue)
Exposure Times: 5x10min in each filter
Location of Image: Cygnus
Field of View: 9.9 x 9.1 arcmin
Orientation: North is up, East is to the left
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