Copyright © 2010 Larry Phillips
NGC 4361, a planetary nebula in the constellation Corvus
This is a narrowband image in the SHO Hubble palette
Distance: 2,500 light years
Size: NA
Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM
Telescope: Astrophysics Starfire 140 EDT F7.5
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO with Advanced Telescope Systems portable pier
Images: 15 subexposures of 20 minutes each with 5 Ha, 5 OIII, and 5 SII for a total of 5 hours
Date: April & May 2010
Software: Camera, mount, and guider control - CCD Commander & MaximDL, Calibration and stacking - CCDStack, further processing in Photoshop CS4.