NGC6826 - Planetary Nebula in Cygnus

NGC6826 - Planetary Nebula in Cygnus

Description: Also known as "The Blinking Planetary" as it tends to appear when you look away from it but disappear when you look directly at it. Fairly large for a planetary at 40 arc seconds but fainter at mag 9.8. Central star shines at mag 10.4. Film: Kodak hypered Tech Pan 2415 Scope: Celestron C-14 at f7 Guiding: Off-axis guider, manual. Exposure: 12 minutes Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta Date: December 16, 1991

Description: Also known as "The Blinking Planetary" as it tends to appear when you look away from it but disappear when you look directly at it. Fairly large for a planetary at 40 arc seconds but fainter at mag 9.8. Central star shines at mag 10.4.
Film: Kodak hypered Tech Pan 2415
Scope: Celestron C-14 at f7
Guiding: Off-axis guider, manual.
Exposure: 12 minutes
Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta
Date: December 16, 1991