Detection of halo around Abell 15

by Tim Schaeffer

Objects in field: PK233-16.1

Equipment: Celestron RASA 11" V2, Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED, QHYCCD QHY600PH M

Integration: 70h

The New Horizon Team (NHZ) is happy to present a first image of a newly detected Halo around the Planetary nebula PN A66 15 , also called Abell 15. Abell 15 is a small, only 36.6 arcsec in diameter Planetary nebula located in Canis Major. Our team, under the lead of Tim Schaeffer focuses on finding new objects in our nightsky or on photographing unknown things, discovered this Halo in a Ha…