The observations

[ Planetaries | Galaxies | Open Clusters | Globulars ]

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DATE: April 2002

Planetary Nebulae

Name	Name 2	Description	Telescope	Date
PK 55+16.1	Abell 46	large round disk, faint, evenly distributed brightness (9 UHC)	400, f/5	19.07.99
PK 64+15.1	Minkowski	(14) extended glow; with [OIII]: mottled surface. star? (9) CS suspected (5.2) CS not confirmed. Diameter 13", star at edge of object -- object (stellar) in UHC-blinking detected	400, f/5 200, f/5.6	12.06.99 07.06.96
NGC 6720	Messier 57	centralstar at 400x	400, f/5	30.04.98
PK 68+14.1	Stephenson 4-1	[OIII]-blinking revealed object. stellar at 400x	"	06.06.99
PK 61+ 8	Kohoutek 3-27	structureless round glow without details with and without UHC	"	19.07.98
NGC 6765	PK 62+9.1	asymetrical appearance, one part similar to a comet (9,UHC) -- small but extended, structure unsecure (11, UHC)	400, f/5 200, f/5.6	17.08.98 21.09.97

Galaxies

As the number of 123 galaxies makes a rather long list, I've separated the table now into three parts:
[ NGC/IC galaxies | PGC galaxies | UGC and other galaxies ]
In the last section "UGC and others" you will find two 2MASXi-objects that I renamed to Lyra I and Lyra II.

Open Clusters

Globular Clusters

Name	Description
M56	M56 is a very nice globular cluster. For me it's a highlight for bigger apertures and focal lengths, because it then becomes a mass of stars filling the entire field of an eyepiece. More details to follow

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