Current Info for Observer
as of 04/20/2024 12:05 a.m.
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General Info
| Type | Planetary Nebula |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Right ascension | 21h6'18.400'' |
| Declination | +47°51'8'' |
| Magnitude | 10.900 |
| Size | 0.450 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC7026 |
| Discovered | 1873 Sherbourne Burnham |
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The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
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mnastro (4583)
XX12i
1 points
Small and very difficult to find under suburban skies until you know the star field and can use the star just to the E as your guide. In the 24mm EP it is barely a fuzzy star and requires averted vision to spot at all, a OIII filter helps it to stand out just a bit. Once found it requires magnification, best view was with a 8.8mm EP and an OIII filter (exit pupil of 1.8mm, 170x in my scope). Two brighter lumps within a slight haze, lumps are on the WNW and ESE sides.
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