The "Eskimo Nebula," also called the "Clown Face Nebula,"is a 52 "arc diameter circular ball of hot gas located in the constellation Gemini (at 07:29:11, +20:54:43).
 
 
LRGB with Meade LX200GPS 14-inch and SBIG ST-8XE CCD. FOV = 11.6 x 8.2 'arc. FWHM ~3.0 "arc. Digital development (FFT 7% cutoff) before combining filtered images. Exposure times of 7 min, 9 min, 8 min and 29 min (L, R, V and B-filters). [Hereford Arizona Observatory; 2008.03.04 UT]

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