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7094 is a fine planetary nebula located just a few degrees away from
the exquisite globular cluster M15. This relatively old
planetary has been glimpsed in scopes as small as 8-inches with an
OIII or UHC filter in place. Look for a faint, roundish haze
surrounding a 13th magnitude central star.
In my 18-inch f/4.5 I
was able to detect this planetary as a slight haze surrounding a
star at 94x. The addition of an OIII filter really brought it
out, making it much more obvious. At 250x it appeared much
larger, but more difficult to detect, even with the OIII in place.
It may have been an optical illusion, but it appeared at this
magnification that the edges of this round, low surface brightness
planetary are a bit brighter than the rest. All-in-all, I
enjoyed this one very much!
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