Elevation 800 m, telescope D = 0.5 m, F = 2 m. Sky 21.31 mag/sq arcsec, seeing 0.5-1.0 arcsec. Abell 12, planetary nebula, Ori. Immediately visible in a 13 mm ocular without a filter. Considerably bright, round, edges diffuse. In a rich star field. Among the faintest stars are the two companions of the middle bright star in a row of three to the E. [The nebula is prominent in Panstarrs g.]