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VanJan
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Reged: 07/09/08
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Tried for this PN in Aquila without success. 8" scope under mag 4.5 skies. UHC, OIII filters no help. Saw the very faint stars nearby - one west, the other southeast - but no planetary. Anyone have success with this object? If so, what size scope, under what type of sky, using what filters, if any. Thanks for your input.
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Achernar
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Loc: Alabama, USA
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This object is listed at magnitude 12.6 and an apparent size of about 30 arc seconds, so it should be visible faintly in an 8-inch. It's possible that you've unwittingly overlooked it, small faint planetary nebulae can be hard to spot in the middle of a Milky Way star field. It's definitely an object for a dark site and likely will not show up at all from a light polluted area. I would save it for a star party or a trip to a dark area. An O-III or narrow band filter should help with this nebula.
Taras
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xfile101
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I myself, looked for it last night but by the time I went searching for it (I had other objects on my "To See" list ahead of this one) the clouds came in a ruined the opportunity, at least that's what I'm assuming because I didn't see it either. The clouds rolled in from the west and were covering everything in their path and I just got to NGC6852's field when I noticed the background stars fading in and out.
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stevek
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Loc: west michigan
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I caught it in my 8" with the NPB filter 2 nights ago while doing a list of PNs. ~mag 4 suburban skies. Showed at 92X & as a decent smudge @185X. OK surf brightness. Slightly larger but dimmer than ngc 6751 (nice easy one in Aquila). That triangle of brighter stars shown in S&T PSA points right at it (its not in PSA but I drew it in). Good luck.
Steve
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VanJan
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Reged: 07/09/08
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Thanks for the reports, info, suggestions. Used MSA to pinpoint the location, and the two faint stars I mentioned show up on a photo of the object, so I'm fairly certain I was at the correct location. Will definetely try for this PN again - on a moonless night of excellent transparency. Much appreciate the response. Keeps this PN in my active file and out of my forget-about-it circular file.
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VanJan
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Success, sort of. This early morning of excellent transparency (I could see the Milky Way for once - Woo Hoo) I observed this planetary as a dim, featureless smudge. Without a filter. Yet I'm still a bit puzzled by this PN's lack of response to nebular filters. UHC view was only marginally better; OIII made it disappear. I'm guessing my 8" just wasn't gathering enough photons for the OIII to work its magic, or is this object one of those nebula that inherently resist filter enhancement? Whatever, I came, I saw, I recorded, then went back to gazing at the Milky Way.
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