A planetary nebula in Lyra, 2300 light years from earth, the remnant of a dying star.

Stars with a mass of our sun will not explode as a supernova at the end of their lives but push its outer layers into space while the core collapses to so called white dwarf star. Also visible is galaxy IC 1296, 238 million light years away.
I was not sure if I should show this image, because the stars have been massively distorted due to a sensor tilt problem. The target was still pretty low in the sky and the weight of the camera leads to deformation of the corrector plate of the RASA and so I got pretty bad star images. I tried to correct this digitally, but this is not entirely possible.
I initially also found the target too small for my equipment, but at the end I liked it anyway, because it shows the very faint outer shell of the nebula, which is rarely shown. Even the central white dwarf star is visible.
Hope you enjoy anyway.

Celestron RASA 11 v2
Celestron CGX-L mount
RisingCam ATR3CMOS26000KPA
UV/IR Cut filter
Bortle 4-5
No moon
60x60sec (1h)

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