Abell 72 (PK 059+18.1)

Abell 72 (PK 059+18.1) is a faint planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus. The beautiful object of George O.Abell's Catalog of Planetary Nebula is 5700 ± 1150 light years from earth and about 2 light years across. The magnitude is quoted as 13.8m, but the light is spread out over an area about 2 arc minutes across. The tiny galaxy to its south is named MCG+02-53-005 (PGC 65491) and to the right from the nebula we can see a PGC1434890 galaxy. L-channel - 21 x 600 sec. bin 1x1; R-channel - 20 x 600 sec. bin 1x1; G-channel - 20 x 600 sec. bin 1x1; B-channel - 20 x 600 sec. bin 1x1; Ha- 23 x 900 sec. bin 2x2; OIII- 20 x 900 sec. bin 2x2. Total integration time about 24:15 hours.