| Object | NGC 2392- Clown Face or Eskimo nebula |
| Info |
This planetary nebula situated in the constellation Gemini is of similar apparent size to the disk of Saturn. The central star is of 10th mag. In a large telescope it appears to look like a face surrounded by a fringe. In a small telescope shows it as a blue green ellipse. It lies around 3,000 L.y. away. |
| Date | 19/ 1/ 05 |
| Location | BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
| Instrument | Vixen VC200L working @ f 9 |
| Mount | Vixen 'GPDX' controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto System |
| Camera (CCD) | Starlight Xpress HX516 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider |
| Exposures | L: 48' R:15' G:15' B:15' (3' sub exposures all unbinned) |
| Guiding | Sky Watcher-f5 ST Refractor & an unmodified Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 webcam |
| Filters | Astronomik Type 2's |
| Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- Gradient caused from the moon @ 70.4 %. Alt. 31 degrees max above the northern horizon, the seeing at first was good, then degraded into the evening. when taking the green and blue channels. High cloud at first degrading to total cloud cover and loosing guide star into blue channel. |