NGC 7662
The Blue Snowball Nebula

NGC 7662 - The Blue Snowball - Planetary Nebula in Andromeda

by Bob and Janice Fera

Officina Stellare RC-360AST 14" f/8 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain
with two-element field flattener

Apogee Alta U16M CCD Camera

Astrodon Filters

LRGB Composite - 60:45:50:50 minutes

Sub Exposures: 5m

Image acquired with CCDAutopilot

Processed in CCDstack and Adobe Photoshop

Taken September 12, 15, 2012 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, CA

For some perspective, here is the full frame

 

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