Great report! Sounds like you had a super time. Mat -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of astrodeb@beyondbb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 1:43 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] I bagged 14 planetary nebulae last night despite the haze Hi! I've really hated this cold weather but I wanted to see some planetary nebulae before Christmas and didn't want to travel. I wheeled my 15" scope out onto the driveway before 5pm. I cut the power to the garage, then waited for darkness. Before it got fully dark, I viewed M27, M57,, and M34. Then after a brief view of the Double Cluster, I switched to the 9mm Nagler and screwed on the OIII filter. Here are my observations for the planetary nebulae. Perseus - M76 looked good. Nice bright bi-polar nebula. IC 351 looked oval or oblate. IC 2003 looked fainter than IC 351. Like a bloated star. Both are 6" in size with IC 2003 a faint mag 13.0 and IC 351 mag 12.0. Taurus - NGC 1514. Mag 10 with a size of 120" X 90" .Cental star readily apparent in some haze. Need dark skies to show up better. Camelopardolis - NGC 1501. Nice round nebula .Mag 13.3 I saw the 14mag central star. I observed it at the Virgin site Nov 25 with the 12mm Nagler without a filter. I think the size is 55". Takes magnification well. Cygnus - NGC 7008 Mag 10.7 Nice fuzzy ring with a size of 96". NGC 7026 - Called the Cheeseburger Nebula. Nice little small planetary. 28" X 13" with a mag of 11.8. NGC 7027 - nice bright round planetary. Mag 8.5 with a size of 18". NGC 6826, the Blinking planetary. Mag 8.8 with a size of 30". Did not blink in the 15". Auriga - NGC 2149 Nice oval shape. Takes magnification well. Only 12" X 6" with a mag of 11.2 Orion - NGC 2022 Nice round nebula. 28" in size with a mag of 12.3. Jonckheere or J3230 Nice overlooked planetary with a distinct oval shape. Takes magnification well. Mag 12.9 with a 11" X 8" size. Have to revisit that one again. It was starting to haze up more so I quickly observed NGC 1535 and NGC 2392 with the same power. Will try again on a better night. Then observed the Orion Nebula before tearing down just after 9pm. It was getting cold and damp so I packed the scope in for the night. Restored power to the garage and warmed up to a nice book. Clear Skies, Debbie _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation