NGC 6369


Combination of 2, 5 minute exposures, SBIG ST-8E CCD.
18" f/10.5 cassegrain at prime focus.

NGC 6369 is a fairly small and fairly faint planetary nebula in Scorpius. It lies about 3 degrees north-east of the 3rd magnitude star, theta scorpii, at the mouth of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula, LDN 1773. It is visible in an 8" telescope as a small disk of light with a darker centre.


Combination of 15, 1 minute exposures, SBIG ST-9E CCD.
16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with an f/6.3 focal reducer.


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.