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NGC7048 (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 08:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 183
I decided to go for a fainter planetary; Burnham's lists this one at mag 11, dimensions 60" x 50". At 49x a fleeting, irregular glow was visible in the area of three field stars. At 122x, averted vision showed what I thought was nebulosity surrounding those three stars, plus an oblong patch extending to the north. I recorded in my notes that there was definitely _something_ there, but that it didn't look much like a planetary. Checking the Palomar Sky Survey print on the Web at STScI, though, I could see what was really going on: There was indeed an oval planetary north of the three field stars, as well as several fainter stars surrounding them, leading me to combine the two limit-of-visibility phenomena into one big, faint patch.
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