TBG-1
Central Star
RA 07 58 20
Dec +66 45 58
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Uwe and Frank from Germany were here at my house for the eclipse and the night before the eclipse we were observing with the 48” at my observatory. The transparency was excellent and the seeing was above average. Uwe suggested that we try the new found PNe TBG-1 he had a finder chart so we gave it a go. I was aware of this object but had not tried it yet.
Screenshot 2024-04-10 at 12-38-49 2402.05658.pdf.jpg
I did not have the finder chart with me at the eyepiece but was looking for the 3 bright stars that make a triangle to ID the field. I found the triangle of stars so I new I was in the field of this large PNe and not knowing the field I was slewing the scope around and I noticed that 2 wide space stars had a small faint halo around them on the east side. Then the bright small pink part in the image above popped into view it appeared as an undefined patch and was visible only a small percent of the time. The nebula was popping in and out with the seeing. I came down from the ladder and looked at finder chart and verified that I had seen it. Uwe and Frank both confirmed my observation and we knew we had it. My best view was with a 25MM ZAO with the NPB filter. We also tried a 0 III filter and could see it with it also but for me my best view was with the NPB filter.
We were really excited to catch this new found PNe.
Link to paper
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.05658.pdf
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