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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Draco)
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: Fri Jun 3 03:37:00 2022 UT Obs. no.: 1
Despite gathering clouds, this ISS pass was seen from Main Street in Garden Grove in the NE south of the Clock Tower.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Draco)
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: Thu Sep 16 03:19:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2295
Spot the Station: Time: Wed Sep 15 8:16 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 67°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 25° above NE This pass was PERFECT going from near Venus with clear sky over Orange and Stellarium makes it possible.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Draco)
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: Tue Oct 6 02:55:30 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2200
ISS became Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 44°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 44° above N from a dark place on the sidewalk of Maple (outside Strada) and east of Feldner. Spot the Station is keeping me informed but Stellarium is fairly accurate.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 7.5, est. to be in Draco)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Colebrook, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jul 15 02:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1680
On Saturday Night my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed observed Comet Linear 2006 with my 10X50 binoculars while we were camping in the northwest hills of Connecticut. The comet looked like a round fuzzball and we were not able to see a tail on it. Also we couldn't detect the green hue of the comet that others were seeing. We also observed M8, M20, M21, M24, M13, M31, and the double cluster. It was a great weekend of astronomy.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 7-8th, est. to be in Draco, Est. RaDec 15h20m, 57d48')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 14.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Tuscarora State Forest, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jul 12 02:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1681
I first observed this comet after the July ASH meeting on Mondaynight, July 9, using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASHNaylor Observatory. Despite very hazy skies, the comet and itscentrally condensed coma were visible.On Thursday night, July 12, my long-time observing partner TonyDonnangelo and I drove to an ASH dark site in the Tuscarora StateForest. There were far more clouds than the forecast of mostly clearskies called for but there were times when the sky was completelyclear and the transparency was quite good. The Milky Way was mottledand full of detail, with the area south of the Teapot spout chockfull of dark nebulae when viewed with binoculars. The VLM was in thelow to mid-sixth magnitude range.One of the numerous celestial objects we observed that night wasComet LINEAR VZ13. We used my 8x42 Celestron Noble binocular, mymounted 15x70 Burgess binocular, my 101mm f/5.4 Tele Vue Genesis sdfrefractor, Tony's 10x50 Celestron Ultima binocular, and Tony's 14.5"f/4.3 Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob.The comet was in the vicinity of 34 Draconis at the time we beganlooking at it and was easily visible. Its magnitude was probably inthe upper-seventh magnitude range. The coma had a noticeable centralcondensation and was rather large. Neither of us could see the tailthat is visible in recent images. Tony saw the comet as being blue-green through his scope, while I perceived a very pale blue hue attimes. C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) is moving rather fast across the northernsky. Its motion was readily apparent in an hour's time.For more on this comet and others currently visible, browsehttp://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.htmlOther shallow-sky observing that night included watching a shadowtransit by Io and observing four asteroids (two of which were veryfaint indeed) that neither of us had previously seen.Needless to say, we also observed a great many deep-sky objects ofevery variety.On Saturday night, July 14, I saw the comet once again through afriend's prize-winning 12.5" ATM split-ring equatorial. It had moveda considerable distance from its position on Thursday night
Other (Other, est. mag 13-14, est. to be in Draco, Est. RaDec 12h21.7m, +75d19' )
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 10 08:12:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 455
Markarian 205 in Draco is one of the few quasars that are visible in amateur telescopes and is also one of the brightest. This quasi-stellar object lies just south of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4219 at (see page 76 of the March 1999 Astronomy) and appeared as a dim star at 202 and 259x using averted vision.
Other (Other, est. to be in Draco, Est. RaDec 18h36m, +72d15')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.msd.org/obs.htm)
Instrument: 12.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 1 03:25:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 368
The Little Queen is an asterism that resembles Cassiopeia, the Queen. It is a more regular "W" than is Cassiopeia and is located 1 degree to the east-southeast of Chi Draconis. This chance grouping of 18 stars is some 20' in size.
NGC4236 (Galaxy, in Draco)
Observer: Tom Naets (e-mail: tom.naets@belgacom.net, web: http://www13.brinkster.com/tomnaets)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Nov 3 00:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 540
Faint nebular spot, very difficult to see, low surface brightness, elongated
Comet (Comet, est. to be in Draco, Est. RaDec 13h41m,+64d17')
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: Fri Sep 5 02:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 220
A number of ASH members and I observed Comet Meunier-Dupouy, C/1997 J2. This faint comet was located near Alpha Draconis and was shining at magnitude 11.9.
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