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NGC 6946
7 UT, 7-9-99, 150x-540x,
NGC 40 6:30 UT, 7-9-99, 150x-540x, 30" f/4
Notch
NGC 6886 6:00 UT, 7-9-99
30" f/4 Dark lane faint but
clearly held
near faint star clearly seen as were paracentral dark
150x-540x, 30" f/4 Very small,
with averted vision. Seeing
P6,
areas. The lower left area as seen in the drawing was
no color, no internal structure,
transparency 5/10
much brighter than the rest of the nebula with the edge
no central star. Star at upper
opposite the bright edge slightly brighter than the central
right yellow.
portions. Grey at all powers, slightly brighter with Orion
Ultrablock but faint star not visible.
NGC
6543 and IC 4677 (large and faint at mag. 15.7)
NGC 7662 Seeing p4,
transparency 5/10. 129x - 470x
My notes from March 1998 read as
follows: NGC 6543
30"f/4. A bright "horseshoe" was seen in the
center and
was bright blue green at lower
powers, turning mostly green at higher
another bright area was seen below the horseshoe.
The
powers. The central star
was easily visible. The oval shape was
end of the horseshoe opposite the open end appeared
to
obvious at all powers but at 390x
the southern edge was seen to be
be flattened. The rest of the nebula was fairly
evenly
irregular with a comma shaped projection.
Of interest was a dim,
illuminated except that the center was slightly darker.
The
diffuse, hazy patch of nebulousity
about 60 seconds west of ngc 6543.
central star was not seen at any power. The
nebula was
The nebulousity was about twice
the diameter of the planetary. It was
greenish-blue at 257x, and blueish-green at 470x.
near the apex of a triangle of
dim stars and about two thirds of the
Observed 9/9/99 at 8:10 UT
way to the nearest bright field
star to the west of ngc 6543.
7-10-99 This object turned out to be IC 4677. On this night
I not
only noticed the comma shaped projection
but also a cap on the
opposite side of the central round
area of nebulousity of ngc 6543.
E.
E. Barnards original notes on NGC 6543 and IC 4677. (~750k)
NGC 7479
7:30 UT 9-9-99. 129x - 470x, 30"f/4. Seeing estimated at
NGC 7814 9-9-99 7:50 UT. Seeing
estimated at 4/10, transparency 5/10. Best
4/10, and transparency 5/10.
The spiral arm had a
slightly brighter section
view at 256x with 30" f/4. The
central dust lane was very sharply defined and the
about in the middle. The
nebulousity below the galaxy was very
faint. The
central region of the galaxy was fairly bright.
central condensation
was fairly bright and non-stellar.
NGC 1535
10:00 UT 10-07-99.
M 77, NGC 1068 10-12-99 469x
M 74, NGC 628 10-12-99
40" f/5 The arm
385x with 40" f/5. The nebula
with 40" f/5. This galaxy reveals a
on the upper left was very faint. The star (or
was an evenly illuminated blue
great deal of detail at high power. A
condensation) just to the upper right of the core
green with a distinct central ring.
bright central condensation lies at the
was brighter than depicted here. A condensation
The central star was very bright
center of the inner , bright spiral arms
was seen near the end of the arm on the right.
and a faint star was noted near
These inner arms were short and stubby.
the edge of the nebula.
The outer arms were faint
but still easily
visible. I believe I
could see 2 inner
arms and 3 outer arms. Two bright
condensations were seen in the outer arms
near the ends of the inner arms.
NGC 246
10-11-99 Seeing 5/10, transparency 5/10.
IC 418 10-13-99 Seeing 6/10,
40" f/5 Best view at 235x
with Orion Ultrablock. This
Trans. 5/10 40" f/5 This small
object pushed my sketching abilities
a little past their
planetary showed a thin inner ring
limits. The area around the
central star was not
of light blue nebulousity equal in
completely black, but contained
some faint nebulousity.
thickness to about one half the
The area around the bright star
on the right contained no
diameter of the bright central star.
nebulousity. The upper left
part of the nebula and the
The outer ring was equal in thickness
condensation at the bottom were
about equal in brightness.
to the diameter of the central star,
The thin rim of nebulousity at
right was -very- faint. The
was an obvious red color, and was
star embedded in the faint rim
was only visible without
immediately adjacent to the inner ring.
the ultrablock filter.
The border between the two rings
was not sharply demarcated. Rather,
the blue ring faded into the red ring
over a short distance. The red was
not seen above 250x.
