Two planetary nebula

[mdstuart]

For a change I went for some Plan nebs tonight..

First NGC 1501. A nice bright object that stands out imediately compared to the surrounding stars. This one is found from the double cluster and then going left!

Thought I would give NGC 1514 above Pleides a try. I did not know what to expect. Well I found a line of three stars and the middle one looked like it had a halo. Was my mirror misting up? No..Tried the UIII filter. Now it was obvious a largish very faint round halo around the mag 9 star....Went inside and checked and yes I was not seeing mist!

So very nice set of very different planetaries...

Mark

[Double Kick Drum]

Nice report.

I'll look those two up as I only have only seen five planetary nebulae to date.

Hopefully they are not outside my scope's grasp. My seeing conditions sound pretty similar to yours.

Hmmm just checked NGC 1514, possibly. NGC 1501 no chance!

[cotterless45]

Try ngc7662, the Blue Snowball. It's right up high just now and looked amazing last night at x120. You can go higher magnification to get a halo effect, the clour is amazing. is what it says on the tin!

[Double Kick Drum]

Try ngc7662, the Blue Snowball. It's right up high just now and looked amazing last night at x120. You can go higher magnification to get a halo effect, the clour is amazing. is what it says on the tin!

That is the most recent of the five I have seen. I saw a hint of colour but no definition at 106x.

That is definitely one i'll go back to for closer observation.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice report Mark! I must track these two down. I have been ticking of quite a few this year. Really starting to like these little blighters.

[swamp thing]

NGC1514. Not observed that one. Sounds like a good target ( when I eventually get a clear one).

Nice report Mark. Cheers

Regards Steve

[cotterless45]

NGC1514 (Crystal Ball Neb.) , it's quite bright at mag10. Try it above x120 in a 10", and upwards, you should get a central star with a disc.