Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

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Name: PK 51-3.1Other name: M1-73
RA: 19h 41.2m DEC: +14° 57'
Constellation: AQL
Type: Planetary nebula
Magnitude: 13.7
Size: 5.4'' x 4.8''
Surface brightness: 8.5
Classification: 2
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Härskiänsaari, Ruokolahti, Finland
Date: 4/5.9.2005 0:02
Instrument: Newton 406/1830 mm
Magnification: 487xFilter: -
Field: 6'Seeing: 3
Background sky: 2NE lim mag: 6.7
Visuality: IIHeight: 39°
Weather: +8°C
Description: Very small planetary but still obviously a disk. Would be slightly elliptical in N-S and somewhat wider on north.
Updated: 25.9.2005 22:13