University College Schools image displayed on respected website

Students at University College School, London, imaged the Eskimo Nebula in mid-November and revealed amazing detail in the structure of the expanding material. It has been selected as Planetary Nebula of the week on the well respected website:http://www.blackskies.com/pnweek1.htm The website gives lots of information about the nebula and also where it is located in the sky. Why not make a quick visit!

The Eskimo nebula taken by University College School

If you want to observe the Eskimo nebula yourself, it can be easily located using the Search / Browse mode of the telescope and searching for NGC 2392. Try using an exposure time of 5 seconds through each of the red, green and blue filters to make a colour image.