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 |
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| 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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