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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Wed Oct 4 02:40:00 2023 UT Obs. no.: 1
Perfect clear weather for this ISS pass from NW but this Log is a test to see if it's working.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Nov 19 02:00:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2311
The ISS again passed over from near Venus in the SW but wasn't visible until about 40 degrees above the Horizon through thickening marine layer cloudiness and passed close to Deneb before going into darkness in the NE.
M39 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Aug 17 01:45:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2284
Last evening, I observed the Open Cluster M39 in Cygnus. It was a very wide cluster without a lot of stars in it. I also saw other small clusters which I couldn't identify. It was an enjoyable evening.
NGC6826 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Nov 15 00:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2213
On Saturday evening, My brother Anthony & I observed several objects with his 5" MAK. We viewed globular clusters M2 & M15 along with several open clusters. The highlight of the night was observing the Blinking Nebula which is a blue planetary nebula. It was great in the scope. The night before, we were able to observe Comet Atlas which was sitting next to Bellatrix. It was a small round blob which was smaller in size than Bellatrix.
M39 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 19 01:30:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2176
This evening I observed the M39 open cluster in Cygnus. The cluster was very broad with many stars of different magnitudes. It really jumped at me in my telescope.
Alpha Cyg (Deneb) (Star, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jun 26 02:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2165
Last evening, I observed The Northern Cross with my 5.1" Short Tube Newtonian Reflector & 10X50 binoculars. As I was scanning though the stars of the Milky Way, I suddenly came to the Northern Coal Sack Nebula. In my scope, the view was blank until I skewed back to where the stars were. It was a nice view through my instruments.
Other (Other, est. mag 7, est. to be in Cygnus)
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: Thu Jul 19 02:45:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2065
This evening. I observed an asterism just below the star Deneb. The asterism is often referred to as Little Orion. It looks just like The Orion constellation in miniature.
M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Aug 31 01:15:00 2017 UT Obs. no.: 2025
This evening, my brother Anthony & I viewed a few objects with my 127mm MAK. The highlight of the evening was our observation of the open cluster M29. We were able to see many stars in the cluster. We also viewed the galaxy M31 but all we could see was the core of the galaxy. We also viewed Saturn & with its rings wide open, it was a great sight. Saturn also had a close pairing with the moon.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -7, est. to be in Cygnus)
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: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 29 04:54:30 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1978
BRIGHT Iridium 35 flare below the Summer Triangle.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -8, est. to be in Cygnus)
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: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 11 05:04:13 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1926
Iridium 83 flare...very bright.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -6, est. to be in Cygnus)
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: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jun 20 04:56:46 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1920
ISS pass before it passed into the Umbra.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -4, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jun 12 05:28:24 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1917
Iridium 5 flare low in the East-Northeast.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -6, est. to be in Cygnus)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 1 05:35:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1662
Iridium 19 in the NE sky.
M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Sep 13 02:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1563
Cygnus was directly overhead while viewing. It was a cool night in the upper 40's and the atmosphere was still. I took in the vast star fields of the Milky Way that run right through Cygnus. Viewed stars through the binos probably down to 9th magnitude. A Beuatiful sight!
M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Francisco Violat Bordonau (e-mail: fviolat@yahoo.es)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Cceres, Cceres (Spain)
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Nov 14 22:05:12 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1404
With a CCD and a filter V Johnson I can capture all this variable stars.
NGC7000 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Mon Nov 7 00:45:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1395
Spotted the North American nebula just a few degrees off from Deneb. Using a nebula filter and my 15x70 Skymaster binos, I spotted the formation of stars that form what appears to be a sidewards "A" in the stars. It was so large and diffuse that I passed it numerous times before in my scope at 30x. In the binos it took up a great portion of my FOV. No wonder I could not spot it before! It appeared about as large as M42 appears at about 100x. VERY faint, at low power I can just make out the continental shape as well as the rift between it and the pelican nebula just next to it.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.nightskyinfo.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: No location given
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Oct 10 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1361
You can find NGC 6960 (Lace - Work Nebula, part of Veil Nebula) around the fourth magnitude star 52 Cygni.The nebula is very difficult in less than perfect skies, but visible with a 114-mm telescope from a dark location. Use averted vision, and keep 52 Cygni just out of the field.A UHC or OIII filter can really improve the visibility of the nebula, it allows much more contrast and detail to be seen, even if you observe from a slightly light polluted location.
NGC6979 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 2 02:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1347
I just returned from the Connecticut Star Party. The largest scope there was the 25" dobsonian brought to the star party by members of the Westport astro group. One object I had the pleasure of observing, was the Veil Nebula. By moving the scope we were able to trace almost the entire length of the nebula. The best way to describe it was it looked like a long pale yellow veil, brighter in some spots and dimmer in other spots. For the first time in my life, I was able to also observe a planetary nebula called the blue snowball. The blue color was striking and it looked just like a snowball. In an 18" dob, I was able to observe M31 at high power. There was a dust lane cutting through one side of the of the galaxy that was very obvious. In a 6" refractor, I was able to observe Mars. The shrinking south polar cap was easily seen as was the blue colored north polar hood. I was not able to identify the dark areas of Mars that were visible. The 6" scope was then moved to Neptune. At high power, Neptune had a very bright blue disk. I had to go to an SCG 8" scope to observe Uranus. Its disk was pale blue with just a tinge of light green in it.I also had a stunning view of the double cluster with a mounted 25X100 binocular. Believe me when I say this is the best way to look at the double cluster. During the day, we observed the sun with white light, hydrogen alfa & continum filters. In hydrogen alfa, there was a prominence that we estimated was the size of four earths. There were also smaller prominences also. The sun showed no sunspots in white light. All in all, it was a great weekend.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 60)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Horsham, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Sep 2 02:17:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1299
Was outside last night admiring the first clear night in some time when a blue-white meteor flashed past. It was originating from the Cygnus region and heading Southwest. It was maybe visible for 15 degrees as it streaked approx mag -2.0. About a minute later, another meteor slightly less bright (mag -1.8 or so) but with the same coloring flared past heading due West. Also originating from the Cygnus region this one was visible for maybe 20 degrees or so.
NGC7027 (Planetary Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 06:22:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1293
Small, bright, vivid green!! one fellow observer commented on emerald, I would call it a rich teal, central star to one side of a small fan shaped nebula
M39 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Aug 6 22:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1309
Beautiful, Bright, fairly dense open cluster. Easy to locate once you know the neighbouring stars. About 80x does well.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 04:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1274
The fragment surrounding 52Cyg , appears as a wisp of smoke, starting narrow to the north and widening as it goes through the star, a lot of detail within the wisp, almost appearing braided, OIII allows much more contrast and detail to be seen
M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Mar 19 22:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1331
A unappreciable cluster of about 6 bright stars. Stars are about 5.5 mag.
NGC7082 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
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.: 1161
NGC 7082 - Composed of 30 faint stars.
M39 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
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.: 1160
M 39 - Large and very scattered. Composed of approximately 40 stars, of which 10 brighter ones.
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