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Observing report, TV76, 1/27/05
Date: Thursday evening, 27-Jan-2005
Location: Backyard, Palm Springs, California Equipment: Tele Vue 76 (3" f/6.3) refractor Short backyard observing session with the TV76. The moon a few day past full had just risen but skies were surprisingly dark. Open cluster NGC 1662 in Orion that Sue French mentioned in her recent column does look very much like the running lights of a Klingon ship! Visible with 10x42 binoculars but nicest with the 9mm Nagler at 51x. Tried for galaxy NGC 1691 but was unable to locate. A bit south-east is the variable W Orion. Nice orange color. There is also a nice little double in the same field to the north-west. Just north of Orion over the border into Taurus open clusters NGC 1807 and 1817. Both are rather sparse but they make a nice little pair. Moonlight getting fairly bright now but i did remember to take a look at comet Machholz. The comet and the double cluster in Perseus just fit in the same binocular field. Seems weird to see the comet so far north. Just a few months ago it was way down south below Lepus. No real detail was seen through the moonlight.=20 -Florian Stargazing.com |
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Florian, nice report. It's great to see an observing report again on
s.a.a. Maybe the clouds are starting to lift across the country. Larry Stedman Vestal |
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