Five Favourite Planetary Nebulae

[glenc (Glen)]

What are your five favourite planetary nebulae?

Here are 97 wikisky.org PN images to help you decide.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1100488...m95-XF98SCggE#
They all have the same 14' field.

[Robh (Rob)]

Hi Glen,

Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
Ring Nebula (M57)
Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242)
Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009)
Blue Snowball (NGC 7662)

Regards, Rob

[Suzy]

Hi Glen,

Eight Burst
Spiral
Ghost of Jupiter
The Ring
The Blue Snowball.

[glenc (Glen)]

Thanks Suzy and Rob

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Mine are the same as Suzy's, but I do have a soft spot for the dumbell, m 27.
I've heard the eight burst ngc 3132 sometimes referred to as the " Southern Ring" planetary.
Great to find them always, especially in smaller apertures at power.

Cheers bigjoe.

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Ghost of Jupiter, Eskimo, Saturn, Dumbell, Bllue Planetary (3918)

[glenc (Glen)]

Please add your five favourites to the OC, nebula and GC threads, if you have not done so.
Thanks Glen

[astroron (Ron)]

IC418 Spirograph nebula
NGC 3132 Eight burst nebula
NGC 5189
NGC 6720 Ring Nebula (M57)
NGC 2438 in (M46)

Cheers

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

hmmmmmmmmmm,

Something is going on here Ron

My favourite planetary nebula are almost the same as yours, just like the globs, except one different.

IC 418 (Spirograph)
NGC 3132 (Eight Burst)
NGC 3242 (Ghost of Jupiter)
M57 (Ring)
NGC 5189 (Spiral Planetary)

These of course are all pretty bright and easily seen in small scopes. A couple that I really like better suited to larger scopes and dark skies are NGC 246 (Cetus) and Shapley 1 (Norma). NGC 246 with its darker sections reminds me of those little transparent jellyfish with the 4 separate circular sections visible in their bodies, you sometimes see under jetties and the like and Shapley 1 reminds me of the perfect smoke ring.

Cheers,
John B

[astroron (Ron)]

John, NGC 246 I liken to the Mercedes-Benz sign,I first saw this at Astrofest in my 8' SCT,and has been a favourite ever since.
Shapley 1 as you say is a good target for larger scopes.
I am sure we could easily pick 10 PN's,but five was the ask so some had to miss out
Cheers

[Allan]

M57 - Ring
NGC 3918 - Blue Planetary
NGC 7009 - Saturn
M27 - Dumbbell
NGC 3242 - Ghost of Jupiter

[glenc (Glen)]

Please list your 10 favourite galaxies if you have not already done so. Thanks Glen
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=114308

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

5 Favourite Planetary Nebulae:
M27
M57
NGC 3242 (Hydra)
NGC 7662 (Andromeda)
NGC 6210 (Hercules)

[glenc (Glen)]

I plan to combine all this information next week.
See http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=114641

[glenc (Glen)]

My 6 favourite PN are:
N3132
N5189
N6302
M57
M27
N7293

I should have 5 PN but can't decide which one to eliminate.

[glenc (Glen)]

Thank you everyone for participating. The results are summarised here.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=114641