You're a winter inspiration, Deb! Well-done, great report! On Dec 21, 2016 3:42 PM, "Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy" < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Great report, Debbie! When will the weather be dry enough that I wouldn't have to worry about frost or dew down near St. G? -- Thanks, Joe
From: "astrodeb@beyondbb.com" <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 1:43 PM 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,
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