Blinking planetaries !

[cotterless45]

Kick off 5.30 and four hours before the gibbous moon kicked off.

Seeing started as pretty poor. In the East , tight binaries were clacking together. It improved later on , but gave a chance to observe and admire some current planetary nebulae. These were all without filters using a 120mm aperture mask .

Really surprising how they vary in brightness and size . I kept to x92 to get contrast in light edge of town skies. Some took x200 , such as NGC 6543. They blink well in the field and view and are obviously non stellar in a sharply focussed field.

Some great colour here , ending up with the "Blue Snowball". I got M57 at x 240, the whole glow just filling the view. Clear skies !Nick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's Rob's superb guide , can't get the link up through gremlins.

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   PlanetaryNebulae: a little guide

   Qualia posted a topic in  Observing - Deep Sky

   PlanetaryNebulae Chapter 1: Historical Background Messier - The Unknowing Discoverer At the end of its lifetime the Sun will swell into a red giant, a moribund star hundreds of millions of kilometeres in size, expanding out beyond the orbit of Venus and Earth. As it burns through its fuel, the Su..

    

[Doc]

Wow you have been busy, I have seen 13 of them with my 120ED so thanks for the info Nick it's something I will concentrate on.

[bomberbaz]

Nice going Nick. There are a few on there I hve missing off my own list of planetary's. I will update. Thanks

Steve/Baz

[Knighty2112]

Nice list Nick. I was out last night for around an hour observing some planetaries too, but a few on the list I’ve not seen, so I’ll note them down for next time. Ta!  

 

[Mark at Beaufort]

A nice report Nick and some great PNs to view. I am glad that you attached a link to Rob's @Qualia fantastic guide. Its such a shame he has not visited for over 3 years - a sad miss.

[wookie1965]

Don`t think I can get any of those here except M57 and NGC7662 as they are the brightest hoping to get out tonight weather permitting get my son help me set up.

I`ve got that list you posted it to me got it in my viewing list folder.

It is great what you can get from yours being on edge of town.