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(IAAC) Obj: Abell 30 (PK 208+33.1), IC 2398, IC 2406 - Inst: 24" f/4.1 Ultralight Dobson

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Observation Poster: Stathis Kafalis <skorpion41@freenet.de>

Observer: Stathis Kafalis
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 2002 Mar. 10
Location of site: German Alps (Lat 48, Elev 950)
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 3 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 24" f/4.1 Ultralight Dobson
Magnification: 168
Filter(s): OIII
Object(s): Abell 30 (PK 208+33.1), IC 2398, IC 2406
Category: Planetary nebula. External galaxy.
Class: Smooth disc w. traces of ring structure
Constellation: Cancer
Data: mag 15v5  size 109"
Position: RA 08:47  DEC +17:53
Description:
Found position with DSSII blue printout.
It took me some time to find this PN, but once spotted it stayed
there (15 mm Panoptic, 168x + OIII).
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Central star of approx. 14 mag surrounded by a large diffuse glow,
with very diffuse edge. I can't really say, where the edge is, it
depends on how far indirect I look at.
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Two Galaxies lie in the neighborhood:
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IC 2398 at 8' south of A30. With 7 mm Nagler (360x): small, fairly
faint, but easily directly visible. Oval, elongated N-S.
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IC 2406 at 21' SE of the planetary immediately seen in the 32 mm WF
(79x), brither and larger as the above. In the 7 mm Nagler (360x)
elongated blob with slightly squared central part.
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Optional related URLs:  http://www.stathis-firstlight.de/deepsky/abell.htm
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