Cygnus Planetary

2 September 2018, 22:00 – 23:00 BST

Conditions: Poor transparency, hazy, fully clouded over by 23:00.

Sensing that time was against me, I took a quick look at M71, the Dumbbell Nebula (M27), the Coathanger cluster/asterism (could barely see NGC 6802), M15, Mars. These are all objects I've seen before under better conditions, but the evening did have one new highlight:

NGC 7027, planetary nebula in Cygnus
Observed at 133x (9mm Nagler) with and without Ultrablock. Small, but bright and conspicuous with a greenish hue. At first the nebula seemed round and featureless, but prolonged scrutiny showed an elongated oval shape. Brighter at one end, suggestion of shell structure. Possible bright knot masquerading as central star. Definitely worth revisiting at 240x on a better night.