Deep Sky Object in Spring
NGC4361 (Planetary Nebula in Corvus)


Date & Time: Mar 16 2019, from 23:18 to 24:03 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=3500mm, F14.0)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(1528×1528)
Device Size...10×10mm, Sensitivity...ISO3200


NGC4361 / Planetary Nebula, type IIIa+II
R.A.12h 24m 30.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-18° 48' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size81"
Real Size1.69 light yrs.
Magnitude10.8
Distance4300 light yrs.
NGC4361 is a compact planetary nebula positioned in the square of Corvus in spring's southern skies. The nebula has a brightness and size of 10th magnitude and only 1.8 arc minutes, respectively. Maybe you can distinguish the nebula from normal stars by using of magnifying power over 100, and the nebula has a bit bluish color. The picture tells you the nebula has a fairly warped shape, not simple oval appearance. The nebula was formed by gaseous matter gushed out from a dead dwarf star.

⇒ Display the spectral profile of NGC4361 (in new window)



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