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Jraymond
February 24th, 2017, 05:05 PM
Here is protoplanetary Frosty Leo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_Leo_Nebula

Visually in my 18" , is a small faint round nebula with irregular border and amorphous structure. Distinctly non-stellar . Visible from my urban backyard, 2475with glare from streetlights.

In infrared, very bright. Two flattened ellipses separated by a dark lane, and a tenuous outer envelope. The dust lane runs almost exactly east-west

Attached infrared image taken with handheld iPhone, cropped and increased contrast setting, The dust lane is not seen due to overexposed image (not much choice with iPhone ) Magnification approx 250x

Thanks