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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NGC7026

  • Observed with: XX12i
  • Seeing: below average
  • Light pollution: below average