2245 2282 2149 2316 2296

glenc (Glen) · #1 02-12-2008, 08:26 AM

I looked at some more nebulae last night with my 12" Dob.

NGC 2245 was easy, NGC 2247 difficult and IC 447 was visible.
NGC 2282 was very faint, I think I saw it.
NGC 2149 was easy to see.
NGC 2316, near M50, was also easy and interesting.
I saw most of IC 2177 with a UHC filter, it is 2.3 degrees long.
NGC 2296 is faint, I used high power to keep Sirius at bay.
You can see images of these at http://www.sky-map.org/

glenc (Glen) · #2 03-12-2008, 05:43 AM

Confirmed 2282 this morning, it is very faint, better at low power with no filter.

glenc (Glen) · #3 12-12-2008, 07:09 AM

According to Andreas Alzner and Ronald Stoyan these are some of the faintest NGC nebulae:

NGC 1333, NGC 1432, NGC 1555, NGC 1985, NGC 2067*, NGC 2149, NGC 2183/5, NGC 2247, NGC 2282,
NGC 2313*, NGC 6526, NGC 6559, NGC 6589/90, NGC 6820, NGC 6974/79, NGC 7635, NGC 7822*
* Are probably the faintest: NGC 2067 is next to M78, NGC 2313 is near NGC 2316 and NGC 7822 is too far north for us.

Reference: Visual Catalogue of Galactic Nebulae, Andreas Alzner and Ronald Stoyan
Webb Society Quarterly Journal, January 1996

glenc (Glen) · #4 31-12-2008, 07:35 AM

See http://picasaweb.google.com.au/dunlop1826/NGCNebulae# for images of all the NGC nebulae.

glenc (Glen) · #5 19-03-2009, 05:37 AM

This book provides a great guide to observing nebulae:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6874175/Ne...m-Steven-R-Coe