IC 5148 is a planetary nebula located around 3000 light years away in Grus. The nebula features a halo of hot ionized material, and there are gas outflows beyond the halo that are evident in the image. In the field of view the nebula is only 2×2’, and is quite faint necessitating long exposure integration times.
Imaged in H alpha and Oxygen III on our Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby