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NGC2156 (LMC Open Cluster, in Dorado)
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: Fri Nov 11 05:05:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1421
This cluster is quite good but I can't remember how bright it appeared. It is one among many clusters located in Carina.
Other (Other, est. mag 0.1, est. to be in Dorado, Est. RaDec 05h24m,-69d45')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Feb 27 00:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 313
This was my first sighting of one of the Milky Way's closest neighbors, the Large Magellanic Cloud. (I had been able to see NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula, through horizon-hugging clouds and haze the night before as we cruised southward aboard the MS Veendam but was uncertain whether I was actually observing this gigantic nebula.) I could discern NGC 2070 glowing at third magnitude quite easily with my 80mm ShortTube refractor but the lower part of the LMC was visible only through my binoculars. The LMC was only about 4 or 5 degrees above the horizon when I made these observations.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 8+, est. to be in Dorado)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 120-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Feb 25 02:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 312
Some 31 months after first viewing Comet Hale-Bopp I had the pleasure of observing the comet once again through Kent Blackwell's 20x120 naval binoculars, my Swift 10x50's, and my Orion 80mm ShortTube refractor aboard the MS Veendam. Through the 20x120's the comet was a distinct fuzzball to the southwest of Canopus as we cruised southward. I was able to observe the comet on several other occasions during this Caribbean solar eclipse cruise.
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