Abell 5
PK 141.7 -07.8


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

Abell 5 is a very faint, and fairly large planetary nebula in Perseus. The magnitude is quoted as 18.0. No trace of the planetary was visible in a 18" telescope, and only faint traces of it are visible in these images.


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