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(IAAC) Obj: NGC7662 - 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: 10052000-01:30EST
Location of site: Bigwoods, NC (Lat 35:46, Elev 250')
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5/10 <1-10 Scale (10 best)>
Seeing: 5/10 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 30cm, f:10, SCT, LX200
Magnification: 203X. 314X
Filter(s): O-III
Object(s): NGC7662
Category: Planetary nebula.
Class: 4 (3)
Constellation: And
Data: mag 8.6v size 17.0" x 14.0"
Position: RA 23:25.9 DEC +42:33
Description:
The BLUE SNOWBALL nebula.
203X - Almost featurless tiny blue-Green fat oval. The O-III filter blinks the
PNe very well. The central star was not detected.
314X - Bright blue oval, some diming at the center with a faint central star
winking in and out with seeing. There is a hint of an inner ring making this
object look like an eye. There is an arc of faint stars to the near NW with the
cusps toward the PNe.
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