My Choice of Abell Planetaries

You do not need a giant Dob to start observing Abell planetaries. Of my choice below of two dozen of the best and brightest, Kent Wallace has observed 17 in an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain, and Dave Aucoin has sighted all 24 in a 13" Dob. What you probably do need are detailed finder charts in order to pinpoint the exact location. Give them a try. - Jim Shields

MAG1 = Integrated VMag of PN / MAG2 = Mag of Central Star / SIZE = Diameter in arcminutes
ABELL
CON
PNG# / OTHER
MAG1
MAG2
SIZE
RA
DEC
URA2
LINK
02 CAS 122.1-4.9 14.1 20.0 0.6 00 45 34.8 +57 57 35 018 IMAGE / NOTES
04 PER 144.3-15.5 14.4 19.9 0.4 02 45 23.8 +42 33 03 043 IMAGE / NOTES
10 ORI 197.2-14.2 14.7 20.2 0.6 05 31 45.8 +06 55 57 096 IMAGE / NOTES
12 ORI 198.6-6.3 12.0 19.7 0.6 06 02 20.0 +09 39 15 096 IMAGE / NOTES
20 CMI 214.9+7.8 14.3 16.5 1.1 07 22 57.6 +01 45 34 115 IMAGE / NOTES
21 GEM 205.1+14.2 10.3 15.9 10.3 07 29 04.5 +13 14 55 095 IMAGE / NOTES
31 CNC 219.1+31.2 12.0 15.5 16.2 08 54 13.2 +08 53 59 094 IMAGE / NOTES
33 HYA 238.0+34.8 12.6 15.5 4.5 09 39 09.1 -02 48 32 113 IMAGE / NOTES
36 VIR 318.4+41.4 11.8 11.5 6.2 13 40 41.3 -19 52 57 149 IMAGE / NOTES
37 VIR IC 972 13.9 17.9 0.9 14 04 25.9 -17 13 40 129 IMAGE / NOTES
39 HER 47.0+42.4 13.0 15.6 2.9 16 27 33.8 +27 54 33 069 IMAGE / NOTES
43 OPH 36.0+17.6 14.6 14.7 1.3 17 53 32.2 +10 37 25 086 IMAGE / NOTES
46 LYR 55.4+16.0 14.3 14.9 1.1 18 31 18.6 +26 56 11 067 IMAGE / NOTES
50 DRA NGC 6742 13.4 20.0 0.6 18 59 19.9 +48 27 53 033 IMAGE / NOTES
65 SGR 17.3-21.9 13.2 15.9 2.1 19 46 34.3 -23 08 14 144 IMAGE / NOTES
70 AQL 38.1-25.4 14.5 19.1 0.7 20 31 33.2 -07 05 18 124 IMAGE / NOTES
71 CYG 84.9+4.4 14.0 18.9 2.6 20 32 23.4 +47 20 55 032 IMAGE / NOTES
72 DEL 59.7-18.7 13.8 16.1 2.1 20 50 02.1 +13 33 29 084 IMAGE / NOTES
75 CEP NGC 7076 13.5 18.0 0.9 21 26 23.5 +62 53 33 019 IMAGE / NOTES
77 CEP 97.5+3.1 15.0 15.7 1.3 21 32 10.3 +55 52 42 019 IMAGE / NOTES
79 CYG 102.9-2.3 15.0 18.7 1.9 22 26 17.3 +54 49 40 019 IMAGE / NOTES
81 CEP IC 1454 14.0 18.8 0.6 22 42 25.3 +80 26 28 002 IMAGE / NOTES
82 CAS 114.0-4.6 12.7 14.9 1.6 23 45 47.5 +57 03 56 018 IMAGE / NOTES
84 CAS 112.9-10.2 13.0 18.4 2.5 23 47 43.9 +51 23 56 018 IMAGE / NOTES