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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Monoceros)
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: Wed Apr 7 03:20:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2244
Another ISS Pass from NW to S before entering the Earth's shadow.
NGC2264 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Dec 30 08:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 754
Observed the cluster easily, though was unable to detect the dark "Cone Nebula".
NGC2244 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Dec 30 08:05:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 753
The star cluster at the core of the Rosette Nebula was easy, though the nebula itself was not detected.
NGC2261 (Bright Nebula, in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 10 07:55:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 752
Hubble's Variable Nebula was easy at all powers, as a smallish, comet-shaped fuzzy patch.
M50 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:21:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Sparse OC group, most components are bright.
Beta Mon (Herschel's Wonder Star) (Multiple Star, in Monoceros)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Dec 21 18:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Able to separate triple with no difficulties, all white color.
Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 7.6, est. to be in Monoceros, Est. RaDec 7h36m, +13d49')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: good
Time: Wed Mar 1 02:15:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 514
There are currently a number of bright asteroids just waiting to be observed. On this hazy Tuesday night I first tracked down with ease 2 Pallas (magnitude 7.6; 7h36m, +13d49'), which was just a bit north of M47 and slightly west of another open cluster NGC 2423. Next came much fainter 7 Iris (magnitude 8.9; 8h29m, +11d00') which was a bit more difficult to locate with certainty. Finally, I found 1 Ceres (magnitude 7.2; 12h50m, +12d28'), which was situated to the northeast of the galaxy M59 in Virgo. A daily ephemeris for each of these asteroids can be downloaded from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Bright/2000/index.html. I used the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor Observatory located near Lewisberry, PA and a 55mm University Optics Ploessl (118x) for my minor planet hunting. I looked at a few other celestial objects with this telescope as well - Saturn, M47, NGC 2423, M46, M58, M59, M60, and another binary star that is on the 33 Doubles in Leo list, namely Struve 1503. Also observed earlier in the evening were M41, Jupiter, Saturn, the Double Cluster, and M44 using the ASH 12.5" f/6.5 Cave Newtonian.
NGC2215 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros, Est. RaDec 06h21m,-07d17')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 27 06:01:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 267
NGC 2215 is a faint (8.6 magnitude according to the Herschel 400 booklet) but attractive open cluster that lies roughly between the excellent triple star Beta Monocerotis and Gamma Monocerotis. It is a compact stellar group that has a somewhat circular shape.
NGC2244 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Mar 1 05:35:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 90
Spent just a few minutes examining the cluster at the heart of the Rosette Nebula at 48x, looking for traces of nebulosity. Didn't see any.
M50 (Open Cluster, in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Mar 1 05:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 89
Misremembering which cluster in the S part of the Winter Milky Way contained a planetary nebula, I spent about 10 minutes probing M50 at high power in the 8-inch, looking for a nonexistant planetary. Of course, I was really thinking of the planetary in M46 in Puppis. Duh.
M50 (Open Cluster in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 05:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 51
Small, medium-bright cluster. Two members obvious, more emerging with averted vision. Swept up in binocular "bug hunt."
NGC2244 (Open Cluster in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 04:50:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 50
Swept up in binocular "bug hunt" in the winter Milky Way. A mini-parallelogram of 6 faint stars, visible to the naked eye as a faint patch in averted vision. Very pretty in the 7x50s. I almost didn't record it in my list, thinking it might be too sparse to be a charted cluster; only afterward did I discover it was the cluster at the heart of the Rosette Nebula.
NGC2301 (Open Cluster in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 04:40:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 49
Swept up with binoculars during winter Milky Way "bug hunt": A short line of 5 or 6 faint stars, with a possible hint of fuzziness in the background.
NGC2282 (Bright Nebula in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 5 04:35:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 48
Big, faint glow, glimpsed repeatedly in 7x50s with averted vision. At the time I believed I might be seeing very faint stars, not quite resolvable, but subsequent Sky Atlas checking reveals that I was seeing a nebula. Swept up during Milky Way "bug hunt."
M50 (Open Cluster in Monoceros)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jan 30 05:45:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 20
Picked up sweeping with 7x50s. A pretty, compact glow with a few brighter stars in front. This whole area of the Milky Way is beautiful in binoculars, in contrast with its absence of bright stars to the naked eye.
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