NGC 7027
DSS image of NGC 7027
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 7027, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 7027

Type  Planetary Nebula
Magnitude  10
Size  0.3' x 0.3'
Right Ascension  21h 7' 1.7"  (2000)
Declination  42° 14' 11" N
Constellation  Cygnus
Description  eB, S
Classification  3a
Observing Notes

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

Small, bright, quite green, holds magnification well, elongated 2:1 east-west, with a very faint outer halo surrounding the center, no opening at the center or central star observed

Andrew Cooper
Aug 27, 2005    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Small, bright, vivid green!! one fellow observer commented on emerald, I would call it a rich teal, central star to one side of a fan shaped nebula

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

Planetary, like an 8.5 mg, star, about 4", found by me independently, Nov. 14, 1879
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
Other Data Sources for NGC 7027
Nearby objects for NGC 7027
4 objects found within 120'
Berkeley 54 NGC 7024
Xi Cygni
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NGC 7027