Amateur astronomer Matthias Kronberger from Austria has discovered a new planetary nebula – now named Kronberger 61, or Kn 61 – featured at an International Astronomical Union symposium on planetary nebulae July 25-29, 2011 in Spain’s Canary Islands. The research team’s work features a striking image of the new nebula obtained with the Gemini Observatory. Kronberger is a member of the amateur group called “Deep Sky Hunters.”
To increase their odds of finding a star with a companion, professional and amateur astronomers are working as partners to comb through the entire Kepler field looking for planetary nebula candidates. To date, six have been found including this one by Kronberger.
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