Object: Planetary Nebula NGC 6842 Constell: VUL RA: 19h 55.1m Decl: +29° 17' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 13.1m (v) Size: 52.8''x48'' Type: 3b Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 21./22.10.1993, 21.10 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: O-III Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.0m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 1 Weather: 1/2 Moon low W. Brightness: 5 Alt: 45° Description: Faint but easy with O-III, not a trace without it. Round, size about 30''. There is a quite compact central brightening but it wasn't visible without O-III => no central star. Diffuse edges. In a rich MW field.