PN Abell 33  -  Diamond Ring Nebula


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Object data of PN Abell33

Object type: Planetary Nebula
Size: 4.6'
Magnitude: 12.9mag
Constellation: Hya
Distance: 3,200 ly
   
Notes: Abell 33, also called the Diamond ring nebula is a faint spherical planetary nebula located 3,200 light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. It lies just behind the star HD 83535 which has no relation to the nebula.

The nebula shares similar morphology to another nebula with the same spherical shape, the Owl Nebula (M 97) but is much darker than the Owl nebula.


Exposure data

Date: 2025-03-05 until 2025-04-04 (6 nights)
Location: Nussbach / Austria (400m)
Telescope: TEC APO 200 FL with TEC flattener-reducer 0.9x (f=1500mm)
Camera: QHY 268M with Baader CMOS filters
Binning: L 1x1 / RGB 1x1 / Ha 1x1 / [OIII] 1x1
Mount: ASA DDM85
Exposure time: L 47x2min / RGB 15x2min each / Ha 48x8min / [OIII] 48x8min
Exposure time total: 15h 52min
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