Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC40 (Planetary Nebula in Cepheus)


Date & Time: Nov 15 2015, from 20:57 to 21:22 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC with conversion lens (f=1278mm, F6.4)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO3200


NGC40 / Planetary Nebula, type IIIb+III
R.A.00h 13m 0.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+72° 32' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size60×38"
Real Size0.95×0.60 light yrs.
Magnitude10.2
Distance3300 light yrs.
NGC40 is a larger-sized planetary nebula about 0.6 arc minutes in diameter. The nebula has a reddish and spiral figure, you can appreciate same image with this picture in higher magnification. The nebula is positioned at +72 degrees in declination, can be observed almost all year around at northern hemisphere.



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