Ferrero 6 (Fe 6) Planetary Nebula

Image Description and Details : I have been capturing Ferrero 6 for two months on my second rig. Typically here in Michigan USA, the autumn has the most amount of clear nights out of the year. Subsequently I planned on a deep space object that was very faint and challenging. Unfortunately this autumn was not typical at all with a major amount of cloudy nights and precipitation, like the rest of this past year here. Even with the amount of integration time I piled on, I really had to massage the data pretty hard. Very few have attempted to capture it, so I thought I would give it a try.

Ferrero 6 (Ferrero 6 • Fe6 • PN G129.6+03.4) Planetary Nebula was discovered as part of the IPHAS survey. It's spectroscopically was confirmed as a true planetary nebula by the professional astronomer Laurence Sabin in September 2011. It has also been independently discovered by the French amateur astronomer Laurent Ferrero in 2013. Its structure consists of a low surface brightness bubble with a size of 3.5 arcminutes, which is accentuated by a thin bright rim on the outside. It is very likely to be an ancient evolved planetary nebula that is interacting with the interstellar medium.

Copyright: Copyright: Douglas J Struble