· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Nebulae in Vulpecula       #3423418 - 11/01/09 09:36 AM Attachment (62 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   While most people here are very familiar with M-27, Vulpecula surprisingly also has other nebulae within it's confines with in range of amateur telescopes. NGC-6813 is a very small reflection nebula that seems to surround a star. It's tiny size requires searching the field at high magnification to make it out among the teeming background stars. At 188X I could see it's fuzzy edges were not perfectly round and it showed up well with no nebula filter from a airstrip to the west of my city. The other object is the planetary nebula NGC-6842, which is about the same size as the Ring Nebula or M-57, but much fainter. No central star was visible and it only showed up through my 10-inch with the aid of an O-III filter. It would be visible without one from a very dark site through an 8 or 10-inch, the entire coastline of Alabama is light polluted enough to make nebula filters necessary to see it. No structure was visible other than a pale, faint and evenly lit disk of nebulosity. Both objects I swept up with just a couple of minutes of searching with my 10-inch F/4.5 Dobsnian. For those who would like to look for some more challenging objects, these are worth taking the time to look for them. Taras Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Nebulae in Vulpecula [Re: Achernar]       #3423419 - 11/01/09 09:38 AM Attachment (53 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is NGC-6842. Taras Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Nebulae in Vulpecula [Re: Achernar]       #3423523 - 11/01/09 10:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, Fine sketches of additional targets in Vulpecula . I have observed open clusters like, NGC 6800, NGC 6802 and NGC 6940 but these two I have no notes on. I'll need to try my luck with these. Thank you for posting these two challenging targets from less than ideal skies. Frank Post Extras:       JayKSC Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/01/05 Loc: Florida Re: Nebulae in Vulpecula [Re: Achernar]       #3423585 - 11/01/09 11:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great sketches of these less-known targets! I doubt I could sweep up either from my ultra light polluted area; maybe with a larger scope, though? - Jay South Florida Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Nebulae in Vulpecula [Re: JayKSC]       #3423624 - 11/01/09 11:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Jay and Frank. You won't see these objects from an urban area, but if you get to a spot where you can see the Milky Way at all, you have a shot at seeing them with an 8 or 10-inch telescope. Bring at least a narrow band nebula filter for NGC-6842, this is fainter than 13th magnitude and even at a dark site it's tough to see without one. As for NGC-6800, 6802 and 6940, I have not only observed those open clusters, I have drawings of them as well. Taras Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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