Herschel 362
NGC 6826

Object Type Planetary Nebula
Constellation Cygnus
Magnitude 8.8
Size 0.6' x 0.6'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

The hazy patch at the right of the image is the 14.8 magnitude PGC 63573. The ring surrounding the planetary nebula is not an artifact. It is material ejected from the star at an earlier epoch.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 6826.

Moderately small but bright circular disk. Bright central star easily visible.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.