Planetary Nebula NGC 4361 in Corvus

Description in The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:

Irregular disk with very irregular brightness distribution involved in a larger and fainter disk of smooth nebulosity;
central star apparent magnitude: 13.18

This CCD image of Planetary Nebula NGC 4361 was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera thru Kopernik’s 20 inch F/8 telescope. The exposure was 10 minutes. The field of view is approximately 5x7 arc minutes, with north at top.

• NGC 4361 (Other ID: PK 294+43.1)
• Magnitude: 10.0
• Constellation: Corvus
• RA: 12h 24m 30.0s
• Dec: -18° 47' 37" Epoch 2000
• Size (mins) 1.8
• Classification: planetary nebula
  

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George Normandin, KAS

April 27th, 2001