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Old 02-09-2024, 10:48 AM
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Saw 30 Planetary Nebulae

Last Friday and Saturday night I observed with a 10" Dob (not goto) from a hill about 8 km west of Lismore, NSW. Most observations were done with 11mm and 4.7mm EPs (82deg) and a 9mm with a UHC filter. I looked at clusters, nebulae and galaxies including these 30 PN. Used a map to find M76, found the rest for memory.

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246 faint
1360
1514 faint
1535
2392 bright
2440 near M46
2867 small
3699
3918 very bright
5189 bright
5307 small
6072
6153
6302 bright
6369
6445 Near a GC
6563
6781
6818
6905 near M27
7009 very bright
7293 very large
7662

IC 1295 faint, near a GC
IC 4406
IC 5150 faint
M27 the best PN
M46 PN in Cluster
M57 the Ring neb
M76 close to the horizon




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Old 02-09-2024, 03:38 PM
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That is quite an effort, observing all of those, in one night and you must have a good memory. Have observed about half of those , I think and possibly a few more if I checked . On that same vein, I was imaging M27 last night / this morning. A favourite, if I have one is the planetary hiding in M46 though it is not that difficult an object to spy, even with an 200mm dob from suburbia. Have also imaged it.
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Old 03-09-2024, 03:50 AM
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Thanks Jeff, I like your M46 M47 image.
NGC 6153 forms a nice cross shape with 3 stars.
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Sounds like a very productive night. Must have been right down on the horizon for some of them. I don’t think I’ve ever observed m57 or m76 before that would hav been a challenge!
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Old 03-09-2024, 02:23 PM
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Dave, M57 is easy from Sydney, M76 is difficult.
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Old 04-09-2024, 05:15 AM
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Great observing session Glen!

Nice work observing M76, that one is low down for us and is an object I haven't yet tried to observe.

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That's impressive. Thanks for sharing Glen!

Which did you like best? I like the way M57 wears its name well even under poor seeing (It's just above the horizon for me and bang in the middle of the Melbourne light pollution dome).

Also, regarding your eyepieces, I have the ES82 11mm but was wondering how the eye relief of the 4.7mm compares? I don't need glasses at these mags but the 11mm is about as tight as I'm willing to go.
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That's impressive. Thanks for sharing Glen!

Which did you like best? I like the way M57 wears its name well even under poor seeing (It's just above the horizon for me and bang in the middle of the Melbourne light pollution dome).

Also, regarding your eyepieces, I have the ES82 11mm but was wondering how the eye relief of the 4.7mm compares? I don't need glasses at these mags but the 11mm is about as tight as I'm willing to go.

M27 is my favourite PN.
Both the 11 and 4.7 are fine for me.
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