Patrick, Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky. I think the trick will be to find the parallagram of 4 stars in the field. There is a picture and a nice observing report at this website. Maybe your skies there are not dark enough. I picked up Abell 35 at Bryce Canyon a few years back and that was faint. I also viewed Jones-Emberson1 at Fort Pearce a couple of years ago. It was out of the light pollution from St George. Low surface brightness planetaries need dark skies and averted vision and lots of patience. http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/feb/PNG_219.1+31.2.html Debbie On Thu Feb 19 9:24 , erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net sent:
It's listed at mag 12.2 spread over large area (16').
Hi Debbie,
We had surprisingly good weather last night so I tried to get a picture of Abell 31.
Despite binning 3x3 and shooting a 10 minute exposure there was nothing there.
That is one faint planetary.
patrick
p.s. 'Course if I sent the data to Tyler he could probably extract it. :)
On 15 Feb 2009, at 18:56, Debbie wrote:
I'm dusting off my telescope this weekend to get it ready for some
prime winter
observing. I'm hoping to bag a few large planetary nebulae like Abell 31.
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Howdy Debbie, I had the field ok (I compared it to a photo I found online). But my FOV is only 13x9, not nearly big enough for the whole thing. I've a feeling if I did a 4 panel mosaic and then had Tyler do the processing we'd see it. Maybe one day. Cheers, patrick On 19 Feb 2009, at 16:19, Debbie wrote:
Patrick,
Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky. I think the trick will be to find the parallagram of 4 stars in the field.
There is a picture and a nice observing report at this website. Maybe your skies there are not dark enough. I picked up Abell 35 at Bryce Canyon a few years back and that was faint. I also viewed Jones-Emberson1 at Fort Pearce a couple of years ago. It was out of the light pollution from St George. Low surface brightness planetaries need dark skies and averted vision and lots of patience.
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/feb/PNG_219.1+31.2.html
Debbie
The Helix is the same size, if not slightly larger it is 16.28'.
Patrick,
Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky. I think the trick will be to find the parallagram of 4 stars in the field.
There is a picture and a nice observing report at this website. Maybe your skies there are not dark enough. I picked up Abell 35 at Bryce Canyon a few years back and that was faint. I also viewed Jones-Emberson1 at Fort Pearce a couple of years ago. It was out of the light pollution from St George. Low surface brightness planetaries need dark skies and averted vision and lots of patience.
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/feb/PNG_219.1+31.2.html
Debbie
On Thu Feb 19 9:24 , erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net sent:
It's listed at mag 12.2 spread over large area (16').
Hi Debbie,
We had surprisingly good weather last night so I tried to get a picture of Abell 31.
Despite binning 3x3 and shooting a 10 minute exposure there was nothing there.
That is one faint planetary.
patrick
p.s. 'Course if I sent the data to Tyler he could probably extract it. :)
On 15 Feb 2009, at 18:56, Debbie wrote:
I'm dusting off my telescope this weekend to get it ready for some
prime winter
observing. I'm hoping to bag a few large planetary nebulae like Abell 31.
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It's listed at mag 12.2 spread over large area (16').
Hi Debbie,
We had surprisingly good weather last night so I tried to get a picture of Abell 31.
Despite binning 3x3 and shooting a 10 minute exposure there was nothing there.
That is one faint planetary.
patrick
p.s. 'Course if I sent the data to Tyler he could probably extract it.
:)
On 15 Feb 2009, at 18:56, Debbie wrote:
I'm dusting off my telescope this weekend to get it ready for some
prime winter
observing. I'm hoping to bag a few large planetary nebulae like Abell
"Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky." Sounds more like a target for Tyler Allred and his fast astrograph. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Abell 31 Patrick, Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky. I think the trick will be to find the parallagram of 4 stars in the field. There is a picture and a nice observing report at this website. Maybe your skies there are not dark enough. I picked up Abell 35 at Bryce Canyon a few years back and that was faint. I also viewed Jones-Emberson1 at Fort Pearce a couple of years ago. It was out of the light pollution from St George. Low surface brightness planetaries need dark skies and averted vision and lots of patience. http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/feb/PNG_219.1+31.2.html Debbie On Thu Feb 19 9:24 , erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net sent: 31.
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It's listed at mag 12.2 spread over large area (16').
Hi Debbie,
We had surprisingly good weather last night so I tried to get a picture of Abell 31.
Despite binning 3x3 and shooting a 10 minute exposure there was nothing there.
That is one faint planetary.
patrick
p.s. 'Course if I sent the data to Tyler he could probably extract it.
:)
On 15 Feb 2009, at 18:56, Debbie wrote:
I'm dusting off my telescope this weekend to get it ready for some
prime winter
observing. I'm hoping to bag a few large planetary nebulae like Abell
Hello all. Perhaps I will point my scope in that direction tonight... assuming the weather cooperates. I'll let you know how it turns out. Cheers, Tyler Tyler Allred President Allred Restoration, Inc. 5725 W 12000 N Tremonton, UT 84337 801-358-1868 cell tylerallred@earthlink.net _____________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Don J. Colton Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:57 AM To: 'Utah Astronomy' Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Abell 31 "Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky." Sounds more like a target for Tyler Allred and his fast astrograph. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Abell 31 Patrick, Abell 31 is the largest known planetary nebula in the sky. I think the trick will be to find the parallagram of 4 stars in the field. There is a picture and a nice observing report at this website. Maybe your skies there are not dark enough. I picked up Abell 35 at Bryce Canyon a few years back and that was faint. I also viewed Jones-Emberson1 at Fort Pearce a couple of years ago. It was out of the light pollution from St George. Low surface brightness planetaries need dark skies and averted vision and lots of patience. http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/feb/PNG_219.1+31.2.html Debbie On Thu Feb 19 9:24 , erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net sent: 31.
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