Archive for September 17, 2023

NGC 6891 Planetary Nebula In Delphinus: September 2023 Observer’s Challenge # 176

September 17, 2023

This was taken with my 32-inch telescope with NB filters (Ha, O3, and S2). Central star prominent, nice detail in the outer nebula. 

This is a very bright small planetary in Delphinus, so my exposures were very short at 40 seconds for the Ha and O-III. Total imaging about 1.5 hours.

ZWO ASI 6200 camera, processed in pixInsight.

NGC 6891 

Planetary Nebula In Delphinus 

Date: August 17th 2023

Telescope: 10-Inch f/4.5 EQ Newtonian 

Sketch Magnification: 256x

Field of View: 0.25º

Location: 4.8-5.0 NELM Suburban Backyard 

August 17th 2023: Small, well-defined bluish disc, with a faint central star.  

August 16th: 6-inch f/6 Newtonian at 127x. Very small, appearing mostly as a star, but with a faint halo, and fairly difficult to determine from the star-field.