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(IAAC) Obj: NGC7009 - Inst: 30cm, f:10, SCT, LX200
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Observation Poster: Jim Anderson <madmoon@bellsouth.net>
Observer: Jim Anderson
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 08222001-00:40EST
Location of site: Bigwoods, NC (Lat 35:46, Elev 250')
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 6/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 5/10 <10-1 Seeing Scale (1 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 30cm, f:10, SCT, LX200
Magnification: 117X, 203X, 314X
Filter(s): O-III
Object(s): NGC7009
Category: Planetary nebula.
Class: III 2 m
Constellation: Aqr
Data: mag 8.3 size 26.0" x 23.0"
Position: RA 21:04.3 DEC -11:22
Description:
THE SATURN NEBULA
117X - A bright, slightly fuzzy star with a soft Blue-Green hue.
203X - Bright oval Blue-Green shape.
314X - Without the O-III filter the PNe is an oval shape with very faint ansi
extending beyond the disk. The disk seems evenly illuminated Blue-Green, but the central star was not detected. A star is located NNW from the PNe.
There are several faint stars in the region.
The O-III filter dims the ansi to invisability.
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