Object: Planetary nebula MINK 4-17 (PK79+5.1) Constell: CYG RA: 20h 09.0m Decl: +43° 44' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 13.7m (v) Size: 15.2'' Type: 4(2) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 14./15.9.1993, 22.25 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Meade LPR Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.2m Background sky: 3-4 Seeing: 3 Weather: Very cold (sev. degrees - °C) Brightness: 5 Alt: 45°? Description: Very faint and small. Est. magnitude 13.5m and size 10''-12''. Barely seen with averted vision as a maybe slightly elliptical glow. No central star/other details. SAC gives a size of 21''x23'' and mag. 12.3. The original descr. comments the neby as being clearly fainter and smaller than the catalogue entry. Diameter given here comes from Strabourg-ESO cat.