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I was able to observe Palomar 15 in Ophiuchus successfully last night on June 23 from the Pinnacles National Park - West Entrance parking lot using my 20" f/3.5 Dobsonian. The sky conditions offered...

I made another observation and sketch of 6894 two night's ago using much higher power since the sky's seeing and transparency quality was better, <1.0 arc-sec.

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Here's my observation of NC 6894 as one of the planetaries included in the A.L. "Planetary Nebula" list that I completed.

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This object will be 84° up overhead next March/April at OzSky. I'll add it to my observing list for OzSky 2022!

Here's my sketch of NGC 5694 made last week while it was still on the meridian. It's so small and with a compact core that it was difficult to judge its class.I guessed Class IV-V and it's a VII....

Thanks, Steve!

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An observing friend of mine found it on his Sky Safari. He says it's PGC 83870 aka 2MASS 13153203-1628509, mag 15.81, 0.8 x 0.5 arcmin.

In my observation of the 5044 group, there is one small galaxy that I was able to see adverted 50% of the time. I can't find an id or magnitude for it. It doesn't show up on my MegaStar app. I...

Here's my NGC 5044 Group sketch made with my 20" f/3.5 Dob on Friday night 6/4/2021 from Pinnacles National Park, an hour's drive inland from my house Bortle 4 skies. My primary observing project...

Why are the Ha's blue in your attached image? Maybe the image is filtered? In a normal image it is pink and look's like a associated Ha object.

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From a dark site, I can see a warm pinkish tone in NGC 40. Not too many PN's that exhibit a warm coloration. My past 24" Dob showed it well.

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Hi Kakann,

I will be going to OzSky Safari in two weeks for a week of southern sky observing. It will be my second time. I went in April 2016. The sky is dark there and the seeing is around 1.0...

Enjoyed your report! -- will have to take a look at these objects with my 16" Dob at the Golden State Star Party (GSSP) in a few weeks.

How do the Delos eyepieces stack up against these simpler eyepieces? I like the big eye lens and 20mm eye relief of the Delos. What about Brandons? Brandons have great contrast, but I'm not sure...

NGC 40 in Cepheus, the "Bowtie Nebula", planetary shows a nice warmer color (grey-red) -- it is a unusual color for planetaries. Take a look at it later this summer as Cepheus rises in the NE again.

Add NGC 40 in Cepheus . It is a red-colored planetary observed with my 24" scope at a dark site and shows a lot of interesting detail at high power.

Marko,

We'll have to view this group up at Lassen in a few weeks, me with my 24". Here's an image of the area:
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The planetary nebula NGC 3132 (also known as the Eight-Burst Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula, or Caldwell 74) is located low in the sky in Vela, as seen from my observing location at 36°N latitude...

ABELL 33; Planetary Nebula; Hydra; Magnitude: 13.4; Size: 4.5'

Abell 33 was visible to me with my 24" Starmaster tracking Dob only with the aid of OIII and UHC filters, not seen with direct...