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Your favorite non-Messier planetary?
10/20/08 10:14 AM
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My experience at observing planetaries is very limited. The few non-messier's I've observed seem to appear as faint, out of focus stars. IMHO, they just have not seemed to have the flair or personality of M57 or M27. But, Saturday night I found NGC 7009, the "Saturn Nebula".   That was impressive! I could easily see the elongated shape at 63x, but did most of the observing at 208x. Though smaller than M57 or M27, it was amazingly bright! This is also the first planetary I've discerned noticeable color in -- blue. Some people report seeing a greenish color in M27 and M57, but I see them as white smoke.
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Kenneth
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6mm TMB/BO Planetary
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Nikon 10x50 binocular (6.5 deg FOV)
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