Andrew Cooper
Aug 15, 2021    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Small, bright and obvious, 2' diameter, modest core

Andrew Cooper
Aug 28, 2011    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Bright oval, 2'x1' northeast-southwest, modest core, no other structure noted

Andrew Cooper
Dec 11, 2004    Sentinel, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Small, bright, rather unremarkable, small core barely visible, elongated 2:1 northeast-southwest

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Oval; D'A., 80" x 50".

― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917

Captain William Henry Smyth
Oct 12, 1836    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

An oval nebula, on the strange pectoral fringe of the Whale's neck, at rather more than a quarter of the distance from ε Cet to α Cet. It is pale though distinct, and brightens towards the centre. This object was discovered by ♅ in January, 1785, and is No. 264 of his son's Catalogue. Its place was carefully differentiated with η Eri; but to insure the identity of so delicate a spot, it needs only be raised a little in the inverted field, when three equidistant stars of the 8th magnitude will appear on the northern verge. There are several very small stars in the field, under a moderate power.

― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844

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