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Other (Other, est. mag -2, est. to be in Canis Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Mar 15 23:15:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1818
This evening my brother Anthony, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I went to the West Haven beach to watch the Space Shuttle roar by us as it went into orbit. The Shuttle was launched at 7:43 PM EDT from Fla. At 7:50 PM EDT we watched the Shuttle go by and as it flew by we were able to see its main engine shutoff occur. We were able to watch it a little while longer before it went out of site heading into orbit. We also trained Steve's 6" Dob on the planet Venus. Venus' crescent is really getting thin and once again we were easily able to see its ashen light. Also we were able to observe dark areas in Venus' cloud bank at its terminator. All of these wonderful events happening on my 40th anniversary of coming home from Vietnam.
Alpha CMa (Sirius) (Visual Binary, in Canis Major)
Observer: Attila Schné (e-mail: yolo@chello.hu)
Instrument: 9-inch refractor Location: Veszprém, Hungary
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Feb 24 19:34:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1765
After many tries,on that night I tried,at different magnifications.Finally at 510x I could see the Sirius B a very faint star in the Sirius flames. The Sirius should keep out of the filed of view. Otherwise it is too brilliant. The Sirius B was seen thorough 15 minutes. PA 90-95 degres.Very-very difficult double.The sky must be very clean and the seeing excellent.And a good telescope also needed!
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: North Guilford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jan 27 00:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1617
This evening, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I went to a school to join three other friends in order to show grammer school kids the sky through our telescopes and binoculars. We had a nice seabreaze which helped cool the temperatures to a confortable 10 degrees above zero. We showed the kids the terminator of the moon which really oohed and aahed them. As usual, the Orion Nebula was a big hit as well as several open clusters in the area. What surprised me was how much the kids were impressed with M41 open cluster. Finally, the kids looking at Betelgeuse really impressed them. Afterword, we retired back to the building for brownies, cookies and hot chocolate.
Other (Other, est. mag -1.8, est. to be in Canis Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 28 01:15:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1605
This evening, I viewed what I always refer to as the baseball diamond. As the baseball diamomd rises in the southeast I imagine that I am in the center field bleachers looking past second base towards home plate. So what is the baseball diamond? It starts at Sirius which would be the home plate of the base ball diamond. The batter hits a long homerun into the outfield where I am sitting. He then rounds the bases in his homerun trot, first going by first base which happens to be Procyon. He then continues on his homerun trot to second base which is Betelgeuse. On to third base trots our hero, third base happening to be Rigel. He then rounds third base and heads for home which once again is Sirius. Anyone can imagine the baseball diamond by waiting for Sirius (home plate) Procyon (first base) Betelgeuse (second base) and Rigel (third base) to rise up fairly high in the sky.
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Feb 20 01:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1493
A nice group of stars that filled up most of my eyepiece at 71x. Located about 4° S x SW of Sirius it was easy to locate. At least 6 dozen stars make up this loosely bound cluster.
NGC2362 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Nov 12 04:45:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1410
It appeared extremely beautiful. Through direct vision, only Tau Canis Majoris was visible but with averted vision, it looked wonderful: a faint cluster marked by a bright star.
Other (Other, est. mag -1.4, est. to be in Canis Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Mar 15 00:20:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1184
After our great success looking at Mercury and Saturn and with the seeing continuing to be out standing, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike and I decided to go for the gold and see if we can see Sirius' companion star Sirius B. The first thing we did was put what is called an apidizing screen onto the front end of Mike's 6" dob. We then put a 7.4 MM eyepiece on the scope. As seen in a newtonian reflecter, we were able to see Sirius B on the left side of Sirius. Even Mike's 12 year old son was able to see it without too much trouble. It should be mentioned that this year and next year Sirius B will be far enough away from Sirius to be spotted.
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1152
M 41 - A beautiful cluster composed of bright stars. You can find it easily, just four degrees below Sirius.
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 25 20:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1195
this open cluster is one of the most beautiful deep sky objects i have seen.it appears in a small area overflowing with faint stars.
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: BCT (e-mail: torchbct@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Trinidad, TX, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Feb 19 06:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 613
Could get a five star pattern match. Most stars were orange and probably 50 stars were apparent. Really neat, its the first “new” DSO I have found.
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jan 12 04:20:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 602
The open star cluster m 41 was a very rich open. I noticed the brighter stars had an orange tinge to them. This means there are older stars within the cluster. I also observed a double star in the cluster. Michael Amato
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 17:58:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Large group, few orange stars in the middle, bright OC
Other (Other, est. mag 10.6, est. to be in Canis Major, Est. RaDec 06h21.7m, -12d59')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Nov 29 08:10:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 423
I observed two of the little known planetary nebulae that were featured in the article appearing on page 124 of the January 1999 issue of Sky & Telescope. The high surface brightness IC 2165 was fairly obvious at 118x without the use of an O-III filter. I also viewed this 10.6 magnitude object at 202, 249, and 259x with and without an O-III filter. Even at 259x I could not see the annular structure that was mentioned in the article. IC 2165 appeared as a typical circularly shaped planetary without color.
M41 (Open Cluster in Canis Major, Est. RaDec 06h47.0m -20.45)
Observer: Alan Shaffer (e-mail: milkyway@gte.net)
Instrument: 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Feb 10 04:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 65
Easy view. My setting circles were right on!! Used 24.5 SWA at 2500mm. See 20-30 brightest stars and many more faint stars. Nice circular cluster. Espin star has a red glow!!
NGC2359 (Bright Nebula in Canis Major)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 20-inch other Location: Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Feb 10 02:25:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 76
Using a friend's 20" f/10 classical Cassegrain and a 2" 40mm Orion MegaVista ocular I located and observed the unique diffuse nebula NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet or the Duck Nebula) for the first time from Pennsylvania. (I had seen it previously from the Florida Keys at the Winter Star Party.) It was barely visible without an O-III filter but when the filter was in place the nebula was unmistakable, resembling not so much a Viking's helmet as an M turned on its side.
M41 (Open Cluster in Canis Major)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 05:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 55
Big, bright cluster; about 10 members visible in binoculars. A fairly easy fuzzy patch with the naked eye. Swept up in "bug hunt."
NGC2360 (Open Cluster in Canis Major)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 05:05:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 52
Medium-sized, fairly dim glow in 7x50s. Swept up in "bug hunt."
M41 (Open Cluster in Canis Major)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jan 30 06:20:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 22
Easy with the naked eye as a faint, fuzzy "star." In 7x50s resolved into a big, pretty, triangular patch of stars.
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