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Old 28-09-2006, 04:52 AM
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Southern PN to mag 12.

Here is a list of PN south of declination -30 arranged from
brightest (mag 8.2) to faintest (mag 12).
They are all 12" or more across.

NGC 3918
NGC 5189 Dunlop's best PN
NGC 5882
NCC 2867
NGC 3132
NGC 6302
IC 4406 (mag 10.2)
lC 4191
NGC 6153 nice mini Crux setting
NGC 3211
M 3-6
NGC 6563
NGC 3699 (mag 11)
IC 5148/5150 found by Gale from Sydney
NGC 5307
NGC 6072
Ns 238 part of a bright neb, not a PN?
NGC 2818 (mag 11.5)
NGC 3195 a faint Caldwell object
Fg 1
IC 4637
Wray 17-1
He 2-7
NGC 2792
Hb 5
M 3-1 (mag 12)
Mz 1
Mz 2
NGC 6337

29 PN

See below for Walter Gale's discovery of NGC 5150 with an 8.5" reflector.
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/cas/southe...sc_199804.html

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