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Abell 7 (Also referred as PK 215-30.1) is a faint planetary nebula located 1800 light-years away in the constellation Lepus.
It has a generally spherical shape about 8 light-years in diameter.
Within the sphere are complex details that are brought out by narrowband filters.
Abell 7 is estimated to be only 20,000 years old, but the central star, a fading white dwarf, is estimated to be some 10 billion years old.(WIKI)
The bright galaxy at 2 O'clock is PGC 16611
This is an EXTREMELY difficult object - even for the crisp Namibian desert!
It took about 5 HRS in BIN 2 to get all the Ha data for the core.
Please see the next closeup image!
L+Ha -O3 - RGB image
Ha for 5 Hrs (Bin 2)
O3 for 2 Hrs (Bin 2)
Luminance 60 min (Bin 1)
RGB - 30 min each (Bin 2)
Total about 10 Hrs.
Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.
Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2016- April 2017