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Originally Posted by LAW
Unfortunately I was on dayshift last week when the moon was in the evening sky and now I'm back on nightshift the moon is in the morning sky  I just can't win! |
That's gotta hurt!
And thank you for your kind words.
P.S. Ooops nearly forgot to get back to you on the NGC 7009 (The Saturn Nebula).
Using my 10" dob, I found it in my 22mm ep (50X) which showed up as a very small round blue disc. Not much bigger than stars, but even though it can be confused with a star, you will however pick out the difference if you look carefully because it does NOT take on a stellar appearance, rather more disc like. Changing to a 15mm ep (70X) revealed a more intense colour however it wasn't much bigger, but I could make out something going on surrounding it, i.e. some elongation on either side of the disc which prompted further obs at high magnification. So I threw on a 10mm ep 140X) which revealed more detail and was considerably larger to observe albeit a bit fuzzier. It looked like it had a tight ring around it, the nodules on either side could easily be seen. It blinks in and out (as is the case with many round planetary nebs I've come to notice). I could see why it's aptly named the Saturn Nebula.
P.S.S. In my previous post I forgot to add an important thing about averted vision so I've added it into my previous post listed in the tips.