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. Not visible in a 13 mm ocular, although there is some turquoise in the pattern of the brightest star in the field, which seems to be not quite mixed with the white light in the pattern. In 5.5 mm with an OIII filter, the nebula is immediately visible on the NW edge of the star glare. It is round, gradually brighter to the middle, edges diffuse. Three faint stars form an arc to the N, leading E to a brighter star.