Object: Planetary nebula ABELL 31 Constell: CNC RA: 08h 54.19m Decl: +08° 54.5' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 12.2m (p) Size: 16.8'x15.6' Type: 3a Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Kuohu, Finland Date/Time: 24./25.3.1996, 22.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 40x Filter: O-III Field: 83' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 4 Weather: -7 °C, 1/3 Moon. Brightness: 5 Alt: 35° Description: A very faint and diffuse glow near a mag. 10 star. Amorphous.