Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: NGC 5979	Other name: PK 322-5.1
RA: 15h 47.7m	DEC: -61° 13'
Constellation: TRA
Type: Planetary nebula
Magnitude: 13
Size: 8''
Surface brightness: 7.4
Brightest star: 13
Description: pF,vS,R,am 150st
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Wicherina, Greenough, Australia
Date: 10/11.1.2010 2:00
Instrument: Newton 254/1200 mm
Magnification: 478x	Filter: -
Field: 9'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 1	NE lim mag: 7.5
Visuality: I	Height: 13°
Weather: +16°C, windy
Description: Darker in the middle, annular? Blue.
Updated: 15.9.2010 21:43