| Name/Designation | Right Ascension | Declination | Type | Magnitude | Size | Distance | Date |
Location | Instrument | Eyepiece | Filter | Notes |
| NGC6853; M27; PK-03.1; Dumbell Nebula | 19:59.6 | +22 43 | Planetary Nebula | 7.4 | 350"x910" | 300LY | September 6 1997 | Mt Keira |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 26mmPlossl | UHC | Very large and bright. The shape can be seen. Enhanced greatly with filter. |
| NGC6853; M27; PK-03.1; Dumbell Nebula | 19:59.6 | +22 43 | Planetary Nebula | 7.4 | 350"x910" | 300LY | July 20 2020 | Culburra |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 9mmNaglerTI | UHC/OIII | Immensley large, football-shaped, with the dumbell shape taking up the central portion and lighter
nebula at the pointed ends. The contrast between the darker 'dumbell' and lighter part of the nebula is slightly enhanced with the OIII filter. |
| NGC6882 | 20:11.9 | +26 29 | Open Cluster | 5.5 | 20' | 2.0KLY | Oct 8 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | A large, loose cluster around 20 Vul. Can't differentiate from NGC6885. |
| NGC6885 | 20:12.0 | +26 29 | Open Cluster | 5.7p | 7.0' | 1.9KLY | Oct 8 2004 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 13.8mmSWA | | A large, loose cluster around 20 Vul. Can't differentiate from NGC6882. |
| NGC6940 | 20:34.6 | +28 18 | Open Cluster | 6.3 | 31' | 2.6KLY | September 22 2006 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA | | Large and fairly rich. Several dozen fairly faint stars. [Also Oct 13 2006 - noted a red star in the centre
of the cluster] |
| Stock 1 | 19:35.8 | +25 12 | Open Cluster | 5.3 | 60' | | September 22 2006 | Jerrara Dam |
250mm f5.6 Dobsonian | 32mmSWA | | Very large and very loose cluster. |