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Old 01-02-2008, 11:01 PM
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Ngc 2818

I happened on this object almost by accident. It is an open cluster with a small planetary nebula in it. SkymapPro 6 gives the same number to both objects and then calls the PN 2818a
NGC Project calls the PN 2818 in the current database but then calls it an open cluster in the visual observation.
Nevertheless it is a nice object. The cluster is nice ~9arcmin loose collection of stars with the 1 arcmin PN on the western side of the cluster.
My colour image was just a grab of 4 x 300 sec using my 40D. I also took 4 x 300 sec pics using my genesis CCD through a lum filter only. It is much more sensitive than the 40D and shows more structure than the colour pic.
I think this object is worthy of more time if this rain goes away!
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