Hubble 5
PK 359 -0.1


Combination of 2, 3 minute exposures, Meade 416XTE CCD.
300mm f/6 newtonian at prime focus.

Hubble 5 is a fairly small, but moderately bright planetary nebula in Sagittarius, close to the border with Scorpius and Ophiuchus, and very close to the galactic centre. It is visible in an 8" telescope as an elongated patch of light.