NGC 2371 planetary nebula
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SBIG ST10 E
L=15x1m+2x2m 2xBin, R=6x1m G,B=9x1m 3xBin  Date: 04.02.02
Pollux 0.8m azimutal mounted telescope
3557mm (=140 inch) f/4.44
SBIG Filter Set provided with the CFW8
3-lens Wynne corrector
2.5 arc seconds
MaximDL LRGB composit, PS 5.5, CCDSharp
strong wind and bad seeing
Philipp Keller and Christian Fuchs

The strange thing about this object is, that there is nearly no H-alpha. So the color looks quite unusual but we think the result is close to the truth.
Due to the strong wind and very variable seeing we selected 17 from 34 exposures for the L-channel.