Type | Planetary Nebula |
---|---|
Magnitude | 12 |
Size | 0.47' x 0.3' |
Right Ascension | 5h 42' 6.2" (2000) |
Declination | 9° 5' 11" N |
Constellation | Orion |
Description | PN, pB, vS, vlE |
Classification | 4(2) |
Andrew Cooper
Sep 28, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Small, round, faint, about ½' across with well defined extents, no color noted, no central star visible
Andrew Cooper
Jan 12, 2002 Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Small, round, no structure visible, no central star visible. Tried 250x, still no structure visible
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
Small, distinct, faint, bluish, planetary. Gaseous.― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
Captain William Henry Smyth
Aug 26, 1837 No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827
A planetary nebula, of a bluish white tint, on the nape of Orion's neck; and about 3½ on the line from Betelgeuze towards the three small stars forming Orion's head. This is a small and pale, but very distinct object, with a faint disc, discovered by ♅. in December, 1785 and is No. 365 of his son's Catalogue; wherein it is described as "rather oval, and perhaps of a mottled light:" a power of vision beyond what my means afforded. It was differentiated with a Orionis, and is preceded by several small stars, the foremost of which is coarsely double and of the 8th and 10th magnitudes.― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844
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