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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -1, est. to be in Cetus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 18 02:07:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2226
wow it looked like a rare Iridium Flare but COSMOS-SKYMED 2 made itself clear to me passing east of the Moon.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 1.2, est. to be in Cetus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Mar 18 23:30:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2043
This evening, I observed the gathering of the one day old crescent moon, Venus & Mercury in the western sky at sunset. The moon was razor thin & I could see the roughness of the moon because of its mountains & craters. In binoculars, Venus looked perfectly round as it gets ready to begin its waning gibbous phase. Mercury had an orange look, which is usually the case. In fact, I dare call Mercury the second red planet of the Solar system. Finally, I just enjoyed the whole seen with my naked eyes.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -2, est. to be in Cetus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jan 23 02:15:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1754
Iridium 65 appeared out of a cloud in the South; another good CalSky prediction!!!
M77 (Galaxy, in Cetus)
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: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Jan 3 19:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1464
On this day, for my luck, the power went off in the city and I got to see a country sky right in the heart of the city! But the moon washed away the fainter stars. I aimed for M77 and easily foung it. Its unusually bright centre does show a striking difference between ordinary galaxies and active galaxies. It bore magnification well and at very low magnification, it appeared a sort of planetary nebula with a star right next to it.
M77 (Galaxy, in Cetus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Sep 16 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1327
A nice object, but not even showing a distinct core and surrounding haze at Bangalore. Looks like a pair of hazy stars (One is the galactic core, and the other is a 10.76 mag star: TYC4699-01219-1), one of them being larger (The galactic core) than the other. Best at abt. 100x on a 8" f/8.The program SkyChart v2.7 with the Tycho 2 star catalog helped me trace all my observations more easily in spite of the city's light pollution.
NGC779 (Galaxy, in Cetus, Est. RaDec 1h59m +6)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jan 11 19:55:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 577
Although this galaxy was fairly faint it stood out from the sparse star field. It is very elongated and seemed to be slightly bent rather than a straight streak. However this effect is not described in it's Hershcel 400 entry which describes it as, 'a very long looking barred spiral'. There were also hints of detail but these were too faint to discern with any certainty.
Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Cetus, Est. RaDec 23:53:25, -1:42:60)
Observer: Byung Hoon Kang (e-mail: astronist@usa.net, web: http://web.syr.edu/~bkang)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Syracuse, NY, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jul 3 09:10:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 360
Celestron Powerstar 8, 78x --- I can only see east sky at the porch of my apartment room. Tonight, there was the Jupiter at east sky.
M77 (Galaxy, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 31 05:45:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 286
Easily swept up from memory near Delta Ceti; an obvious fuzzy patch at 38x. Had a condensed, starlike core. At 76x, appeared to be slightly elongated N-S.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star, est. mag 3.9, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 31 05:35:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 285
Estimated to lie midway in brightness between Delta Ceti (4.0) and Alpha Piscium (3.8).
NGC1052 (Galaxy, in Cetus, Est. RaDec 02h41m, -08d15')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Nov 19 01:59:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 254
This 11th magnitude, elliptical Herschel 400 galaxy was relatively easy compared to the very dim spiral galaxy NGC 1055 that I observed about an hour earlier. NGC 1052 was small, circular, and had a bright core. These two galaxies were the last of my unlogged Herschel 400 objects in Cetus. Observations were made at 202 and 259x. Among the other celestial objects that I viewed during this observing session with the 17" classical Cassegrain, its 5" f/5 finder scope, a C8, Orion 10x50's, and a 12.5" f/6.5 Newtonian were NGC 1528, M45, Saturn and 5 of its moons, asteroid 4 Vesta, M77, the Alpha Persei Association, M37, M34, Jupiter, M38, M15, M2, M42, and the multiple star Sigma Orionis.
Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 6.6, est. to be in Cetus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 63-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Nov 6 02:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 251
I located asteroid 4 Vesta with my Celestron Pro 9x63's from a nearby ball field. Situated currently in Cetus to the southeast of Saturn the 6.6 magnitude asteroid was easy to see. I also observed M37, M36, M38, M45, the Hyades, the Alpha Persei Association, the Double Cluster, M34, M31, M15, M42, NGC 1981, Epsilon Lyrae, Albireo, Jupiter and Saturn.
NGC779 (Galaxy, in Cetus, Est. RaDec 1h59.7m, -05d58')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Nov 2 05:12:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 249
NGC 779 is a very elongated, edge-on, barred spiral galaxy. It appeared as a fairly bright streak with a brighter nucleus. Observations were made at 118, 144, and 259x - with 144x producing the best results. Despite its listed magnitude of 11.3 this Herschel 400 galaxy is worth a look.
NGC779 (Galaxy, in Cetus, Est. RaDec 1h59.7m, -05d58')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Nov 2 05:12:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 248
NGC 779 is a very elongated, edge-on, barred spiral galaxy. It appeared as a fairly bright streak with a brighter nucleus. Observations were made at 118, 144, and 259x - with 144x producing the best results. Despite its listed magnitude of 11.3 this Herschel 400 galaxy is worth a look.
Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 6.6, est. to be in Cetus, Est. RaDec 1h33m, -2d30')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Oct 31 02:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 247
Asteroid 4 Vesta, which is about 530 kilometers in diameter and was at opposition on 10/17, is currently southeast of Saturn. When I observed Vesta again on 11/2 there was a small but noticeable change in its position.
Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 6.6, est. to be in Cetus, Est. RaDec 1h33m, -2d30')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Oct 31 02:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 247
Asteroid 4 Vesta, which is about 530 kilometers in diameter and was at opposition on 10/17, is currently southeast of Saturn. When I observed Vesta again on 11/2 there was a small but noticeable change in its position.
M77 (Galaxy, in Cetus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pa, U.S.A.
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 7 08:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 223
Using my Celestron 20x80's I found M77, an elliptical galaxy in the head of Cetus. It was rather easy to distinguish as a fuzzy glow south of two evenly matched field stars.
NGC720 (Galaxy, in Cetus, Est. RaDec 01h53m, -13d44')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, Pa, U.S.A.
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 7 07:27:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 222
I easily located NGC 720, a Herschel 400 object in eastern Cetus. This elliptical galaxy appeared slightly elongated with a brighter core at 203x.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star , est. mag 2.3, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Feb 9 02:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 64
Mira was much brighter than the last time I observed it. It appeared about a third of the way in brightness between Alpha Ceti (mag. 2.5) and Alpha Arietis (mag. 2.0), so I estimated the mag. at 2.3.
M77 (Galaxy in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 04:32:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 2
Detected in 7x50s as a faint "star" with just a hint of fuzziness under averted vision.
Omicron Cet (Mira) (Variable Star, est. mag 4.0, in Cetus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jan 4 05:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 1
Mira was easily visible to the naked eye. I estimated that it was just barely dimmer than Delta Ceti.
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