Your skills: Intermediate (some years) Date/time of observation: 11-6-99 8:30 UT (2:30 am CST)
Location of site: New Haven, Missouri (Lat ~38, Elev ~700') Site classification: Rural Sky
darkness: 5 <1-10 Scale (10 best)> Seeing: 5 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)> Moon presence: None Instrument: 40" f/5 dob Magnification: lowest power 125x Filter(s): OIII, H-beta, Orion Ultrablock
Category: Planetary nebula. Class: 3 + 2 Constellation: Taurus Data: mag 10.0 size 1.9'
central star mag. 9.4 Position: RA 04h:09m 17s DEC +30 :46' 33"
Description: This pn was fairly faint but responded
very well to the Ultrablock filter. My first impression with the
filter in place was that this pn was almost square rather than round.
The central star was bright.
The central area of nebulousity was slightly dimmer than
the outer bright ring. The outer ring formed two arcs one of which
went about half way around the nebula and the other of which went about
one third of
the way around. On the side where the arcs had
the greatest separation the edges of the arcs were clearly concave.
Part of the central, inner, edge of the smaller arc also had a concave
area. Faint wisps of nebulousity extended off of each of the bright
arcs helping to give this nebula its squarish shape. A very faint
star was seen immediately off the edge of the larger arc.