NGC 7048, planetary nebula

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 in Taurus

NGC 1514, a planetary nebula
An LRGB color CCD image taken with a Starlight Express MX-716 CCD camera thru Kopernik Observatory's Optical Guidance Systems 20-inch F/8.1 telescope scope.

Description of NGC 1514 in: Dreyer's New General Catalog (NGC):

"9th magnitude star in nebula 3 arc minutes in diameter."

Description in: The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2002:

"Irregular disk involved in a larger and fainter disk of smooth nebulosity. Central star = magnitude 9.40 v."

This Planetary Nebula is located in the Constellation of Taurus at an estimated distance of 1,950 light years.

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NGC 1514
Other ID: PK 165.5-15.2
Magnitude: 10.0
Constellation: Taurus
RA: 04h 09m 12.0s
Dec: +30° 47' 00" Epoch 2000
Size (min): 1.9'
Classification: Planetary nebula, irregular disk with bright central star.

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George Normandin, KAS

February 26th, 2003