Observation by Graham Beamson: Blue Snowball nebula (NGC7662)

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Graham Beamson

Observer

Graham Beamson

Observed

2026 Sep 11 - 13:04

Uploaded

2026 Sep 11 - 13:13

Objects

The Blue Snowball (NGC7662)

Equipment

SW Esprit 120
Alpy600 spectrograph
SW EQ6-R mount

Location

Cheshire UK

Target name

Blue Snowball planetary nebula (NGC7662)

Title

Blue Snowball nebula (NGC7662)

About this image

The Blue Snowball is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Andromeda. This is a zoom of the previous spectrum. In addition to the main lines due to hydrogen and oxygen, less intense lines due to argon, helium and neon are also observed.

Files associated with this observation

Blue-Snowball-2.jpg (57.0 kB)

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Dominic Ford, Jeremy Shears, Robin Leadbeater, Mike Harlow, Callum Potter

Comments

Robin Leadbeater, 2026 Sep 13 - 09:44 UTC

Hi Graham,

This paper has a list of lines which might help identify a few more even fainter ones

Cheers

Robin

Mike Harlow, Graham Beamson

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