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NGC 6541 - PK 33-2.1 - Phantom Streak Nebula
Aquila
Penryn, California
June 2006
M 250 @ f9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 10 minute each
Image up-sampled 1.5x

A 6 arc-second mag. 10.8 massive, fast evolving planetary at approximately 5k light years.  At 6 arc-seconds the planetary appears almost stellar.