Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: IC 418	Other name: PK 215-24.1
RA: 5h 27.5m	DEC: -12° 42'
Constellation: LEP
Type: Planetary nebula
Magnitude: 10.7
Size: 14'' x 11''
Surface brightness: 5.8
Brightest star: 10.2
Classification: 4
Description: vS,B
Notes: 11 mag star in nebulous disk
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Säijä, Lempäälä, Finland
Date: 13/14.2.2008 20:30
Instrument: Newton 300/1500 mm
Magnification: 300x	Filter: -
Field: 14'	Seeing: 4
Background sky: 4	NE lim mag: 5.3
Visuality: I	Height: 15°
Weather: -7°C, windy, almost half Moon
Description: About 11 mag stellar object at low magnifications which responds well to O-III. An obvious disk at 300x, somewhat brighter in the middle. It looks mainly round but sometimes slightly elliptical depending on seeing.
Updated: 14.3.2008 23:16
Name: IC 418	Other name: PK 215-24.1
RA: 5h 27.5m	DEC: -12° 42'
Constellation: LEP
Type: Planetary nebula
Magnitude: 10.7
Size: 14'' x 11''
Surface brightness: 5.8
Brightest star: 10.2
Classification: 4
Description: vS,B
Notes: 11 mag star in nebulous disk
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Fataga, Gran Canary, Spain
Date: 30/31.1.2005 23:05
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 107x	Filter: -
Field: 28'	Seeing: 2
Background sky: 2	NE lim mag: 6
Visuality: I	Height: 48°
Weather: +10°C, windy
Description: A 10th mag stellar planetary which has a good response to O-III. Blue?
Updated: 15.3.2005 18:36