Object: Planetary nebula NGC 3242 Constell: HYA RA: 10h 24.8m Decl: -18° 38' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 7.7m (v) Size: 40''x35'' Type: 4(3b) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 5./6.3.1992, 22.10 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: Brightness: 1 Alt: Description: A quite small planetary. Almost round. Maybe some ring structure. Bluish-white.