Object: Reflection nebula vdB 31                Constell: AUR

RA: 04h 55.7m           Decl: +30° 33'          Epoch: 2000
Mag:                    Size: 9'                Type: R

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 3./4.1.1997, 21.00

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 80x               Filter:
Field: 37'              NE Lim.mag: 6.0m
Background sky: 2       Seeing: 3 
Weather: -12 °C, no Moon.          

Brightness: 4           Alt: 57°
Description: Quite faint and diffuse. Easy at 40x. Surrounds 2
stars. Brightest around the brighter (W) star. A eF brightening
was suspected N of the brighter star.