Type | Planetary Nebula |
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Magnitude | 12 |
Size | 0.13' x 0.1' |
Right Ascension | 18h 45' 50.6" (2000) |
Declination | 33° 20' 35" S |
Constellation | Sagittarius |
Description | vS, F |
Classification | 2a |
Andrew Cooper
Apr 3, 2011 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 262x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Small, bright, stellar without high magnification, green color, round with no structure seen
Andrew Cooper
Jun 11, 2010 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 262x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%
Very small! almost stellar, a central star with a minute and dim halo, responds to the O-III filter
Andrew Cooper
May 27, 2006 Gila, NM (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Very small! a fairly bright fuzzy and slightly green stellar object, difficult to distinguish from a star at lower power, round, brighter at center, no other structure
Messier 70 |
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