Cotton candy nebula aka Crl 6815

[Raul Leon]

Just wondering if I have a chance at bagging this planetary with my 15 inch dob. Has anyone seen it with this aperture? Am I wasting my time? Thanks Raul

[Jimi Lowrey]

I have seen it in my 48" reflector. As we say here "give it a go" with your scope and let us know! All observation are welcome Positive or negative. Good Luck!!

[Uwe Glahn]

Seeing it should be no problem for your 15 inch. Splitting both knots is another story.

In my PPN project (http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/Projekte/PPN.htm) I wrote:

24", 687x, fst 7m5+, seeing III
bright central part already visible in the searching magnification; with higher power the central area seems to be slightly diffuse without showing the faint extensions

28", 1248x, fst 7m5+, seeing I-II
direct vision object; with high power two separated, 1:2 elongated parts; divided with a small dark lane; both extensions similar long and bright; a brighter knot sits directly NW over the dark lane in the NW part