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Aug. 8, 2010 Harel Boren

LBN 406 The Laughing Skull Nebula - and PGC 58928 - in Draco

Km. 101, East Negev Desert, Israel

SBIG ST8300C, Total 2:10 hours = RGB 26x5 min
Boren-Simon 2.8-8 ED OTA - http://www.powernewts.com - EQ6 mount, guided w/PHD and EQMOD
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This region in Draco includes some very faint reflection nebulae, and the first impression that came (to my) mind is one of a laughing skull – hence the adopted name :-)

Also, there's also PGC 58928 – a small galaxy which looks a little like Saturn – at the middle left hand side of the image…


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