Kn 63 (Kronberger 63)

Kronberger 63 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Orion . It was discovered by Austrian Mattias Kronberger who is a member of the amateur group Deep Sky Hunters.

It is very faint and thus rarely imaged. Indeed my searches have found only one other image, produced by the Chart32 team in Chile.

Imaging telescope or lens: APM Telescopes TMB - LZOS Apo refractor 152/1200
Imaging camera: QSI 6120wsg-8
Mount :10Micron GM2000HPS II
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Autoguider X2
Filters: Astrodon Blue, Astrodon Green, Astrodon Red, Astrodon SII 5nm, Astrodon 5nm H-Alpha filter, Astrodon Lum, Astrodon OIII 3 nm
Resolution: 3686x2267
Frames: Astrodon 5nm H-Alpha filter: 26x1800" bin 2x2 Astrodon Blue: 21x300" bin 1x1 Astrodon Green: 20x300" bin 1x1 Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 48x1800" bin 2x2 Astrodon Red: 20x300" bin 1x1
Integration: 42.1 hours
Astrometry.net job: 3153960 RA center: 5h 42' 5" DEC center: +4° 42' 50" Pixel scale: 0.534 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 6.400 degrees
Field radius: 0.321
Locations: e-Eye, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extramadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura

Copyright: Peter Goodhew