You may be interested in this observation report by Steve Gottlieb on Cloudy Nights
Please note it is not my observation
It agrees with what Carl and others have noted.
Cheers
I observed this new planetary (listed as galaxy PGC 932285 in LEDA) with Dana Patchick a couple of weeks back (July 25th) at Lake Sonoma (SQM-L readings between 21.39-21.46 that evening) in my 18" f/4.3 Starmaster as well as Greg Laflamme's compact 22" f/3.7. Lake Sonoma is my "nearby" site, an 80-minute drive from Berkeley into the beautiful Sonoma county vineyards.
In my scope at 275x (unfiltered) it appeared as a small, hazy spot with a mag 14.5-15 star at or just off the SE end. The main glow was ~15" in diameter and had a very low surface brightness. The shape seemed slightly irregular or elongated, though it was really too faint to pin down a distinct outline. Occasionally an extremely faint superimposed star was seen.
This discovery can be found 6.3' NNW of mag 6.9 HD 185044 and forms a small triangle with two 14.5-magnitude stars 1.6' WNW and 2' N. There's a faint, very close double star just 1.5' SW of the planetary and I must admit we initially mistook this unresolved double for the planetary!
We also spent close to an hour observing the object in Greg's 22" at various magnitudes using a UHC and OIII filters. At 462x, the star off the SE end was cleanly resolved and the planetary displayed a moderate contrast gain using a UHC filter (easy to hold continuously). I felt the UHC filter gave a better contrast boost over the OIII, though perhaps at a lower magnification the OIII would have been more helpful. The overall size seemed roughly 20"x15".
The total magnitude is perhaps 15 and I'm guessing a 12-inch should pull in this object (or perhaps smaller in exceptional conditions). Hopefully others will take on the challenge.
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Steve Gottlieb
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