This image of NGC6309 is a 10 minute exposure taken on April 28th, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
17h, 14m, 06.0s
DEC (2000)
-12°, 54', 38.5"
Magnitude
11.5
Size
52 x 52 arc sec
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Other Name
PK9+14.1
Distance
8,500 Light Years
Radial Velocity
35 KPS
Object Type
IIIb + VI Planetary Nebula
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