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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Hercules)
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 5 03:05:00 2022 UT Obs. no.: 1
If this is not working anymore, I will be forced to find another Log...the ISS emerged again in the NW and entered into the Earth's shadow close to Vega high over Strada. Another pass will happen on Wednesday.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Hercules)
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 Jul 15 03:50:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2273
2nd passover of the ISS was observed and the weather was perfect but it went close to Vega in Lyra toward the east.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Hercules)
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 Oct 8 02:59:30 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2202
Spot the Station and the weather combined for this ISS Pass from NW to Jupiter and Saturn in the South before it went into darkness. Strada has trees but a lot of open areas to see everything!!!
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
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: Tue Jun 4 01:45:00 2019 UT Obs. no.: 2108
This evening, while scanning the skies with my binoculars, I was able to view the globular cluster M13. In binoculars, it looks like a tiny fuzz ball. I also observed some binocular double stars as well. I also scanned the Northern Crown with my binoculars & it was a stunning sight. I also got to see a satellite cross my field of view.
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jjharp@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Apr 14 15:00:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2049
Star Party with the astronomy club. Bortle class 3 but it was still a very enjoyable evening. All objects clear and quick to find. Completing Messier certificate. M13, M41 which we also saw in binoculars, M43 located between the city light dome and the zodiacal light, the nebula cloud was hard to see, but we could see enough of it to know we found it; M92
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jjharp@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Apr 14 15:00:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2048
Star Party with the astronomy club. Bortle class 3 but it was still a very enjoyable evening. All objects clear and quick to find. Completing Messier certificate. M13, M41 which we also saw in binoculars, M43 located between the city light dome and the zodiacal light, the nebula cloud was hard to see, but we could see enough of it to know we found it; M92
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jjharp@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Apr 14 15:00:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2045
Star Party with the astronomy club. Bortle class 3 but it was still a very enjoyable evening. All objects clear and quick to find. Completing Messier certificate. M13, M41 which we also saw in binoculars, M43 located between the city light dome and the zodiacal light, the nebula cloud was hard to see, but we could see enough of it to know we found it; M92
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Marcos González Troyas (e-mail: mgtroyas@gmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 15 00:15:00 2017 UT Obs. no.: 2015
Se resuelven las estrellas fácilmente.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -7, est. to be in Hercules)
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: Tue Jul 1 04:10:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1923
Iridium 61 fairly high flare.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag 7, est. to be in Hercules)
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: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 27 05:02:24 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1912
Iridium 59 near Vega
Other (Other, est. mag -8, est. to be in Hercules)
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: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Aug 22 02:58:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1699
This was one of the BEST Flare opportunities afforded to me...CalSky.com predicted it as Iridium 82 and it was STUPENDOUS from this location.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Christina (e-mail: christinabischoff@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Rio Rico, AZ, USA
Light pollution: light Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Aug 12 05:07:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1690
I decided to try for an easier object for my first ever try at finding something on my own. Even through the small amount of light pollution from the street lights below, it was clear; the center was too crowded with stars to make out the individual ones, but the outer stars were distinguishable. I'm definately thankful I managed to finally stumble upon it!
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch refractor Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri May 4 01:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1650
This evening my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I visited the Leitner Observatory at Yale University for a night of viewing through their big scopes. The first object we viewed was Venus in an 8" Schmidt Cassegarain. Venus is still slightly more than half lit. I noticed some albedo features at the terminator. Next we went to the 8" refractor to observe Saturn. The Cassini Division showed well on the planet. On the face of Saturn itself, I noticed two belts and the polar south polar hood showed well. We then went over to the 16" reflecter were we had the pleasure of observing the double star Iota Cancri. The brighter componant was gold and the dimmer star was blue. It's not known if Iota Cancri is a real double or just an opticle double. The grand finale was the globular cluster M13. In the 16" scope we were able to see an lot of individual stars in the cluster. Before we went home we watched an orange moon that was just passed full rise in the east. Another great night of astronomy!
Comet (Comet, est. mag 6, est. to be in Hercules)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Tue Oct 31 00:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1575
This evening, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed Comet Swan with Mike's 6" dob and my 12mm televue eyepiece. With this fairly high power, we were able to see three seperate steller points within the head of the comet. The comet's center actually looks fragmented to me. Since a first quarter moon was out, we were not able to see a tail this time around. Finally, the comet still retained the slightest tinge of green color.
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules, Est. RaDec 17h17m6s 437'58")
Observer: James Turley (e-mail: admin@backyard-sketches.co.uk, web: http://backyard-sketches.co.uk)
Instrument: 305-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 7 20:01:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1781
Could not resolve any core stars, bright though, easily as nice as M13
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
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 Jan 20 05:40:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1478
I think I've seen this one earlier but this time, it appeared beautiful, showing hints of resolution with a bright centre. One peculiar fact is that it appears brighter than M13 to my eyes!
NGC6210 (Planetary Nebula, in Hercules)
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: Sun Jan 1 05:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1462
A very easy planetary nebula. It formed a sort of right angled triangle with two other sides with itself being the 'star' opposite to the hypotenuse. A greenish-blue disc, smaller than other planetaries. Dew and twilight did'nt allow further observations of the planetary.
NGC6210 (Planetary Nebula, in Hercules)
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 Sep 23 16:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1336
An easy, bright, tiny planetary. Easy to locate (I nearly found it in the first shot). The field shows three widely spaced bright stars, a faint star and a comparatively brighter "star" (NGC 6210) visible only thru averted vision at 80x magnification. However at abt. 100x, it becomes more clear that tbe "star" is not a star and its bluish colour is cognizable. The blue colour is not so intense - definitely not like NGC 3242 or NGC 7009. Very faint blue colour was apparent. Best view on my scope was at 170x (an eyepiece of 9 mm focal length gives me this), where it shows an elliptical disc of small eccentricity (and probably a few filaments???). No more detail could be extracted.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Vedran Vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 25 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1268
I just bought my 8" Dob. I decided to test dob on my favorite target, M13. At 38x cluster was a bright round fuzzy, but at 80x i show countless star. At 200x only core wasn't resovled. M13 gave me superb views.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules, Est. RaDec 16.7 36.5)
Observer: Vedran (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 76-mm other Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri May 27 22:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1245
When I first observed M13 it seemed incredibly dim to me. Now its a standard DS object on my observing list.Through my 76mm scope it looks like round bright nebula with granulated edge at 38x. I estimated size to 5 arc minutes.Higher magnification (56x and 117x) only dim this wonderful object.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
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.: 1173
Seen through a 60mm telescope, all globular clusters are small, nebulous objects. The only cluster I've managed to resolve into stars, only towards the edges, is M 13.
NGC6207 (Galaxy, in Hercules)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 150-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1096
Separated only 25' from the famous globular cluster M 13, you will find NGC 6207, a magnitude 12.2 galaxy. It has an elliptic shape, with condensation towards the bright nucleus.
M92 (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 6 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1071
Only had a few minutes tonight so I used the binos. It was crisp and clear with no wind. I laid down on the back deck and stared straight up at the Cygnus / Lyra / Hercules and Cassiopea region of starfields and slowly swept in everything I could see. North and East of Vega I picked up a smudge, towards the Hercules region. I knew it was not M13 but looked very similar. For a brief second I thought I had spotted a comet. After checking the star chart I realized what I had "discovered" was actually M92. Hazy yet conspicous in binos it seems to be similar to M13 in magnitude and apparent size. I will have to pull out the scope in order to see more similarities at a later date.
M13 (Hercules Cluster) (Globular Cluster, in Hercules)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Oct 4 02:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1065
Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. M13 was rather faint in the binos. The cluster was about the size of the full moon is to the naked eye. Very faint and could see only the core when looking around the edges of the FOV and not straight on. Last month I had viewed it with the 6" reflector. At 30x it was still faint, but then again there was almost a full moon and some evening haze in the air. I will try again this week.
NGC6058 (Planetary Nebula, in Hercules)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Kalamata, Greece
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun May 23 22:10:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1003
I observed this faint planetary in Hercules using a Meade 8.8 UWA eyepiece (103x).Field identified with the help of Cartes du Ciel software.It was a small faint and feauterless round disk, better seen thru an O-III filter.
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