Longmore 8 Planetary Nebula “The Hamster Wheel”

by Mark Hanson

Objects in field: NGC 5121, PK310+24.1

Equipment: Planewave CDK24, Moravian Instruments C5A-100M

Integration: 43h

Longmore 8 Planetary Nebula “The Hamster Wheel” Description by Sakib Rasool and Mark Hanson. Longmore 8, also known as ESO 382-63 and PK 310+24.1, is a delicate celestial ghost haunting the southern reaches of Centaurus. Originally discovered by the professional astronomer Andrew J. Longmore in 1976, this is possibly the most photogenic of the 17 planetary nebulae from the very little known…