From anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com Wed Feb 3 04:09:12 2010 From: anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com (anonymous at u15354731.onlinehome-server.com) Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:09:12 -0000 Subject: (IAAC) Obj: NGC2022 - Inst: Borg 77mm ED refractor Message-ID: <20100121035229.27553.qmail@u15354731.onlinehome-server.com> ---- Observation Poster: Jay M. Observer: Jay M. Your skills: Advanced (many years) Date/time of observation: 01/19/10 (2200 EST) Location of site: Boca Raton (Lat , Elev ) Site classification: Urban Sky darkness: 4,0 Seeing: 7 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None - moon not in sky Instrument: Borg 77mm ED refractor Magnification: 28x, 57x, 139x Filter(s): UHC, OIII Object(s): NGC2022 Category: Planetary nebula. Class: Constellation: Orion Data: mag 12.0 size Position: RA 05:42 DEC +09:05 Description: Object found off Lambda-Orionis. The planetary nebula is siutated just east of two magnitude 7/8 stars and is spaced about as far from the eastern most star as the duo of stars are separated. Under severe light pollution and with a 77mm aperture telescope, the object is barely visible with averted vision and careful scrutiny. I observed the object for around 1-hour. With small aperture (i.e. 77mm) the UHC and OIII filters did not help - they rendered the view too dim to identify NGC 2022. -- ** This observing log was submitted via the IAAC Web form: www.visualdeepsky.org/enter-log.html