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NGC2867
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:21:25.4
Declination: -58:18:40
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 9.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: !! planetary = * 8, vS, R, * 15, 59° 13"
Sub-type: PN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2867
24" (4/10/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): beautiful, very high surface brightness blue planetary at 200x, set in a rich star field. Stunning view at 520x. The thick, oval rim is clearly brighter with a relatively small darker hole in the center! I didn't notice this structure in the 18" several years back from Australia.
18" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x (unfiltered) this striking planetary is bright (V = 9.7), small, very high surface brightness oval with a pale blue color. With a UHC filter, it appeared ~15"x10" and appeared like a cosmic easter egg set in a beautiful star field! Located 1.1¡ NE of mag 2.3 Iota Carinae (southeast star of the "False Cross").