Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 262x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A bright planetary, about 2' in diameter, round, distinct outer boundary, no color noted, central star is visible with averted vision

Andrew Cooper
Aug 27, 2006    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
28cm f/10 SCT Gypsy

Modest planetary nebula nestled into a group of stars, round with some structure visible, no obvious color, no central star noted, about 2' in diameter, slightly brighter at the center and the halo is uneven in brightness as well, three brighter stars bracket the nebula (mags. 7.5, 10.3 and 11.3)

Andrew Cooper
Jun 9, 2002    Las Cienegas NCA, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Round, some structure in the north-south axis of the nebula, nested in a nice group of bright stars

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

Small, faint, misty, ill-defined, closely surrounded by several small stars. E. of Rosse Spiral.

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

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