The Ghost Nebula (IC 5148/5150)

I found this beautiful round planetary in Grus last month. It is large at around 120". I observed it with my 22 Panoptic and OIII filter. The filter really helps bring out the nebula on this planetary. Without the filter, this planetary looks rather "ghostly". It is rather low in the sky at -39 degrees but well worth the effort to find. It was on Doug Snyder's Seasonal Best Autumn planetaries. Anybody up to the challenge?

Debbie

Well, Debbie, the TV-102 Light Cup would like to take up the "Guru" challenge. It's nastily low and in the bad polluted part of my sky. Please do wish us luck ;-).

Ron B[ee]
PS Thanks for the tips.