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Other (Other, est. to be in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Mar 28 03:00:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2141
Last evening, I observed the Coma Berenices star cluster with my 10X50 binoculars. This large group of stars were interesting to look at with binoculars. Because of light pollution, I couldn't see Berenices' hair with my naked eye. Never the less, it was a good viewing session.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -6, est. to be in Coma Berenices)
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: excellent
Time: Tue May 15 03:40:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1655
Iridium 76 Flare as predicted by BOTH CalSky.com & Heavens Above websites: seen VERY brightly from this location.
M53 (Globular Cluster, in Coma Berenices)
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: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 28 03:55:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1458
A good globular cluster in a region filled with galaxies. It appeared bigger than the normal globulars and somewhat whitish in colour.
M64 (Black-Eye Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
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: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Dec 27 03:50:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1466
A very easy galaxy from a city. Its elliptical-spiral structure was obvious. But I could not make out the central, dark dust lane. A beautiful and a must see galaxy.
M64 (Black-Eye Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 10 15:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1319
Today was partly cloudy. The transparency was between poor and fair! In this kind of situation + The light pollution of the city of Bangalore, no detail could be seen, except that there was central brightness surrounded by a haze. It was quite large. Averted and periferral vision works well. On a 8" f/8 80x did well. I could not see the black strait that gives the galaxy its name.
NGC4293 (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1111
NGC 4293 is elongated, it has a diffuse, faint nucleus. Near the western edge I've observed two faint stars.
NGC4565 (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 19 19:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1018
Went to Parnon mountain for the 1st 2004 starparty/astrocamping of the greek astronomical leaugue.Observed many deep sky objects.Galaxy NGC4565 in Coma was a fine needle of lightthru the 8" dob with 32 mm erfle eyepiece.
M53 (Globular Cluster, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 20-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 04:45:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 627
M53 globular cluster is very small, even in a 20' dob.It was very hard to see individual stars in the cluster.
NGC4565 (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 20-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 03:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 619
This edge on galaxy had a dust lane going through the length of the galaxy on the upper part as seen in a newtonian reflecter. it" actual size was larger than either M81 or M 82.
NGC4565 (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://angelfire.com/music/holmerkki/index.html )
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Apr 9 01:05:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 526
Very beautiful at 40x. The central bulge was huge, and at 120x some more detail was visible in and around the nucleus.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 8.5, est. to be in Coma Berenices, Est. RaDec 12h55m, +2915')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.ezonline.com/ash/obs.htm)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Aug 31 01:35:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 473
Oculars used: 55mm University Optics Ploessl (118x), 32mm U.O. Koenig-II (202x), 25mm U.O. MK-70 (259x) Although most of the sky was covered by high cirrus thanks to Hurricane Dennis, the ASH Naylor Observatory's western sky was predominantly clear on Monday night. Clear enough, at any rate, for me to locate C/1999 N2 (Lynn). The comet was fairly close to the horizon and the seeing was mediocre at best but I was able to make out a smallish, moderately condensed fuzzball that was in the 8th to 9th magnitude range in brightness. Comet Lynn appeared to be somewhat asymmetrical and was best viewed at 259x. After looking at a few binary stars (pi Bootis, epsilon Bootis, Cor Caroli, and M40) and M3 my fellow ASH members and I called it a night.
Other (Other, est. mag 14, est. to be in Coma Berenices, Est. RaDec 12h32m, +14d25')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Fri Jun 4 02:35:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 458
Oculars: 55mm University Optics Ploessl (118x), 32mm U.O. Koenig-II (202x), 25mm U.O. MK-70 (259x), 17mm Pro-Optic Ploessl (381x)The weather forecasts were right on the money yesterday as the day-long clouds departed promptly at sunset. The skies at the Naylor Observatory were darker and more transparent than the norm which worked in well with my plans to observe the new supernova SN 1999cl in M88 (NGC 4501).But first I gave Comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) another go. Comet Lee seemed brighter and somewhat more elongated than when I first saw it on 5/16/99 UT. I used magnifications of 118, 202, and 259x. A bright central condensation was noted and I was able to see the comet in the 5" f/5 finderscope. At 02:00 UT the comet was positioned at approximately 8h31m, +6d50'.My next target was Venus at 118x. Venus had by this point moved above an imaginary line connecting Pollux and Castor.Then it was time to behold the newly discovered exploding star in M88 (118, 202, and 259x). SN 1999cl is located 46" west and 23" north of the center of this 9.6 magnitude Sc spiral galaxy. (A 12th magnitude field star lies due north of the supernova.) Using a number of downloaded CCD images of the galaxy and the supernova (http://www.ggw.org/asras/snimages/) I had no trouble determining the location of SN 1999cl. I was somewhat surprised because it seemed brighter to me than the 14+ magnitude estimates I had uncovered on Thursday.While in that neck of the woods I also viewed the Messier galaxies M90 and M91 at 202x.High clouds were beginning to intrude from the west so I swung the 17" to Mars (381x with a Wratten #21 filter). The seeing was quite poor and with the CM equaling 194 degrees there wasn't much to be seen anyway.By this time clouds had covered most of the sky so after a parting inspection of the excellent open cluster M11 at 118 and 259x I closed the dome and departed.But my tale is far from over folks. After grabbing a couple of hours of sleep I dragged myself out of bed to watch a 08:19 UT pass of the ISS through my Celestron 20x80's.
M64 (Black-Eye Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices)
Observer: Mark Stutzman (e-mail: mark@cca.ci.coatesville.pa.us)
Instrument: 4 1/2-inch equatorial reflector Location: Gilbertsville, PA, usa
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 6 03:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 362
With the bright moon tonight I was surprised to be able to view m64. Obviously I was not able to make out the "black eye" but all the same it was a good sight. also viewed m81 and m82, m51, m5, m13 and some other nice clusters and doubles. I wont let a bright moon stop me again there is still plenty to see on bright nights!
NGC4565 (Galaxy, in Coma Berenices, Est. RaDec 12h 36m, 25.59m)
Observer: Alan Shaffer (e-mail: milkyway@gte.net, web: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3693/)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Mt. Pinos, California, US
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Jun 7 10:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 146
A beautiful, huge edge on galaxy. Through the 25" and the 10" SCT, I could EASILY pick out the dark dust lanes in the galaxy. The galaxy took up the entire field of the Neglar eyepiece. A first time observation of this great galaxy for me. I will never forget it and can't wait to see it again. This is a must see under medium power in clear, dark skies. Blown away
M53 (Globular Cluster, in Coma Berenices, Est. RaDec 13h12.9m +18.10)
Observer: Alan Shaffer (e-mail: milkyway@gte.net, web: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3693/)
Instrument: 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Redondo Beach, California, US
Light pollution: severe Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Apr 11 17:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 118
Another nice globular that was easy to spot. It looks like the little brother of M3. The field is large but slightly less concentrated than M3 with more stars towards the edges. Star hopping may be difficult in poor conditions for lack of any bright reference stars nearby. I used setting circles and landed right on top if it. Very nice object.
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