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(IAAC) Obj: NGC 246 - Inst: TV-102 (102mm f/8.6 APO refractor)
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Observation Poster: Ron B[ee] <ronby@home.com>
Observer: Ron B[ee]
Your skills: Beginner (< one year)
Date/time of observation:
Location of site: 117h 9m W (Lat 32h 43m N, Elev 2000 ft)
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: TV-102 (102mm f/8.6 APO refractor)
Magnification: 22x, 30x, 60x, 110x, 146x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC 246
Category: Planetary nebula.
Class:
Constellation: Cet
Data: mag 8.5 size 4.0' x 3.5'
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
This is truly a strange PN in that there are a few stars “embedded” in it.
Found a dim smudge at 22x and it’s relatively large (3.8') for a PN. 30x
showed it as faint dim smudge with some stars inside. Counted 6 stars at 60x
and looked more like small OC with nebulosity, oval shape. Best view. See 5
stars clearly at 110x with 4 stars clearly inside the PN forming a diamond
shape: 11.7 mag GSC 5272:958, 11.8 mag GSC 5272:1890, 11.9 mag GSC 5272:1061
and 12.2 mag GSC 5272:954. Oval “rim” shape more pronounced due to darker
background. Nebulosity is much dimmer than its 8.5 magnitude. Nebulosity too
dim and almost gone at 146x. Later, I looked at my research and found this:
Dreyer described it as "very faint, large, 4 stars in diffused nebula." So
they must be the 4 star diamond shape I saw. This photo I found gave a good
impression of what I saw (except what I saw was gray color and much dimmer.)
http://www.galacticimages.com/archive/planebarc/ngc246.jpg
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