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NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Nov 15 00:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2213
On Saturday evening, My brother Anthony & I observed several objects with his 5" MAK. We viewed globular clusters M2 & M15 along with several open clusters. The highlight of the night was observing the Blinking Nebula which is a blue planetary nebula. It was great in the scope. The night before, we were able to observe Comet Atlas which was sitting next to Bellatrix. It was a small round blob which was smaller in size than Bellatrix.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 29 02:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 709
This one took a couple minutes to find for the first time. The Blinking nebula is so small, you can pass it off as a star at low powers if you arent careful. The blue color stood out very well. I found it at 59x and then moved straight up to 157x. It appears as a blue disc with averted vision, but when looking straight at it, the disc fades and the brightness of the central star takes over with no filters. I tried the OIII filter and the nebula did not fade at direct vision and it seemed to conceal the central star. Nothing too exciting, but fun to observe for a few minutes.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 4.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jun 7 01:25:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 579
The Blinking planetary certainly lived up to it's name as the nebulosity that surrounds the bright central star appeared to blink on and off as i looked away from the object. With an OIII the star is dimmed and the nebulosity brightened so that the effect is no longer evident. The effect is also more difficult to observe in larger telescopes.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 08:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 181
Per Burnham's, a mag 8.8, 25"-diameter planetary. Was an easy fuzzy "star" at 49x. At 122x was a ghostly little circle, gray and uniform. At 244x I could see the central star with averted vision, and thought I detected a slight elongation in an east-west direction, and just possibly a hint of structure in the outer reaches.
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