Scope/Date
12” GSO Dobsonian/ 25-Dec-06
Seeing/Transparency/Wind
Poor/Very Good/Strong
Moon phase
The Moon had set.
Constellation
Vela, part of Vela SNR
Description
I picked it up by sweeping with a 26mm EP and UHC filter.
It was a very faint streak 14’ long using a 26mm Meade Plossl EP (58X & 58’ field) and Lumicon UHC filter.
It was only just visible with averted vision using a 13mm Hyperion EP (115X & 40’ field) and no filter.
It was fainter than mag 12.5 NGC 3373 which I also saw this morning.
This image shows what I saw only it was a bit fainter for me.
http://www.hwy.com.au/~sjquirk/images/n2736.html
Here is a detailed image.
http://www.astrosurf.com/antilhue/ng...cil_nebula.htm