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News:    1 December 2025     Ngc1514 au CTA320 (candrzej)    29 November 2025     Abell 7 au T350 en 8 heures de pose (T350)    23 October 2025     Minkowski 92 au T400 par Rdj22    21 October 2025     Serendipitous Discovery of a Faint Planetary Nebula in the Massive Young LMC Cluster NGC 1866 Arxiv: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.16630 During an integral-field spectroscopic study of stars in the massive young open cluster NGC 1866 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, we serendipitously discovered a faint planetary nebula (PN). We designate it “Ka LMC 1,” and find that its location near the cluster center, along with the agreement of its radial velocity with that of the cluster, imply a high probability of membership in NGC 1866. The 200 Myr age of the cluster indicates that the PN’s progenitor star had an initial mass of about 3     More		Current classification: 1267 inputs in total, with: - 159 planetary nebulae - 95 likely planetary nebulae - 68 possible planetary nebulae - 658 new candidates - 287 other objects In 2024... - 41 inputs have been added to the database. - 44 spectroscopic observations have been made. In 2023... - 95 inputs have been added to the database. - 45 spectroscopic observations have been made. In 2022... - 59 inputs have been added to the database. - 32 spectroscopic observations have been made.	Respect capital letters and spaces ! Example: PN-G 262.4-01.9 or DeGaPe 32   Spectroscopic confirmations: 450 observations made Link to the spectroscopic observations list: HERE     Here, all the spectroscopic observations made by the French Amateur Group on planetary nebulae candidates.   Unpublished PN candidates: 531 unpublished PN candidates. Acces to the complete list: HERE     The candidates are said to be "published" when they are the object of an official publication in VizieR and in the CDS of the University of Strasbourg.   Useful links: HASH: the Hong Kong/AAO/Strasbourg Hα planetary nebula database 2SPOT: the Southern Spectroscopic Project Observatory Team

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