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Other (Other, est. mag 2.4, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun May 25 02:00:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1787
For the past two nights, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and Rob Masud have been observing Delta Scorpii. Several years ago Delta Scorpii flared up tp about 1.6 magnitude. Ever since then Delta Scorpii seems to be dimming at a slow rate. Last year its magnitude dropped to 2.2 but this year we think its magnitude has dropped further to 2.4. We'll be observing this star all summer to see it its magnitude drops further.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -11, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jul 29 02:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1686
I read a very interesting article in Astronomy Magazine which showed how anyone can see some color on the moon with just binoculars. With this in mind my friend Steve Borer and I took a crack at this. Our first target was Mare Serenitatis which contains the bright lunar ray of the crater Bessel. When you stare at this bright lunar ray in binoculars the ray begins to take on a golden color. Then when you look at other lunar rays, they all look white. The golden lunar ray of Bessel seems to make Mare Serenitatis glow a golden yellow. Now move your binoculars to Mare Tranquillitatis which adjoins Mare Serenitatis. When you stare at this Mare you will see a tinge of blue covering the whole mare. Anyone with an ordinary pair of binoculars can do this. Just take your time, relax and enjoy.
Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Mon Apr 30 06:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1647
Early this moerning I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. Because of poor seeing I was only able to observe both equitorial belts with the NEB being brighter than the SEB. I also noticed that I could only see the shading in the south polar region and not in the north polar region. All four moons were beautiful discs with the two larger moons looking ruddy in color.
Other (Other, est. mag 2.2, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Apr 25 04:45:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1645
Just after midnight I observed the star Delta Scorpii with my naked eye. Several years ago Delta Scorpii was the fourth brightest star in Scorpius when it suddenly flaired to 1.6 magnitude. This made it the second brightest star in Scorpius. About three years ago its magnitude dropped to 2.2 and it remained the second brightest star in Scorpius. Last night its magnitude remained at 2.2 and I'm wondering if it will remain 2.2 for a long time to come. Later around noon time, I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Finally a sunspot has just come into view. I think this spot may be fairly large but I'll know in a few days if it is. The sun has been very quiet for several weeks. Maybe now it's becoming active.
Other (Other, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 42-mm binoculars Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Feb 24 10:50:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1625
I had my first look at V1280 Scorpii (Nova 2007 Scorpii) this morning just prior to daybreak. Using a 8x42mm Celestron binocular I had no trouble sweeping up the kite-shaped asterism that the nova forms with three field stars situated to the northeast and southeast of Epsilon Scorpii (see the attached Sky & Telescope finder chart). It was too cold and, in particular, windy for me to want to stay outside very long so I didn't try to do a serious magnitude estimate. The "new" star seemed to be similar in brightness to the two stars flanking it, however.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Aug 12 01:15:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1556
Last evening, my friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike and I did some deep sky binocular observing while we looked for persiad meteors. We started first with M7 open cluster in Scorpius. M7 has many bright stars in it that make it look outstanding in binoculars. These stars are from 6.5 to 8th magnitude. M8 in Sagittarius shows a group of stars on the right side and a nebula on the left side. Both M8 and M7 can be seen with the naked eye. Just above M8 lies M21, an open cluster. In binoculars, M21 shows many stars of about 8th magnitude. M24 is often refered to as an open cluster but in reality it is just a part of the milkyway. It is a great site in binoculars. Finally, we decided to observe the Southern Crown which is located below Sagittarius. Fron Connecticut, this constellation only can be seen on clear dry nights like last night. In binoculars, this constellation greatly resembles its northern counterpart , the Northern Crown. One final thing, My friends all saw meteors but I didn't see a one.
Other (Other, est. mag 2.2, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jun 16 02:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1542
The star Delta Scorpi flared up several years ago. I just checked on the star tonight and it has still not returned to normal brightness. For the last two years, Delta Scorpi has stayed at magnitude 2.2. I will be observing this star some more to see if its magnitude changes.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: Pino Nobile (e-mail: chrano@tin.it)
Instrument: 4-inch refractor Location: Monza, Milan, Italy
Light pollution: severe Transparency: poor Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jun 15 21:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1545
Antares was near local meridian. At 170x with Baader Maxbright binoviewer in my Sky-Watcher 100ED refractor the double is easy with companion clearly seen separate from red giant star with blak sky between the two. A very beautiful vision, colors were red and green.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.4, est. to be in Scorpius)
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: Tue Dec 13 11:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1434
This Morning, before sunrise, I arose from my bed and threw open the sash and what to my wondering eys did appear but planet Mercury at this time of year. I aimed my 127mm MAK at Mercury and saw that it is a waxing gibbous. There was a large albedo shading that was mostly in the northern hemishere near the terminator. There also looked like there was some small light shading in the southern hemishere near Mercury's limb. I then turned my scope on Jupiter. All I could see was Jupiter's two main belts. It looked like the SEB may be a little thicker than the NEB. All four moons were on one side of the planet.
NGC6441 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
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 15:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1339
A beautiful, bright, easy-to-locate globular in Scorpius. It is just about a mere 5 minutes from the 3.21 mag red star in Scorpius between Shaula and eta Sagittarii. Absolutely easy to find and wonderful at mag 7.4. Shows a brightness gradient from center to periferri. It is quite large. It is strange that this is not a Messier object.
NGC6302 (Planetary Nebula, in Scorpius)
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 04:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1290
Small, bright, a north-south central bar with fans of nebulosity extending east and west, in a nice Milky Way starfield
NGC6441 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: TIMPA, near Tucson, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 28 03:32:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1289
Bright, unresolved ball of fuzz four minutes east of a 3.2 mag. star, a bright orange, the cluster is dense and just starts to resolve with averted vision, bright Milky Way starfield fills the field
M80 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
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: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:20:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1254
Yet another ball of cotton north east of scorpious. There's a star of the same brightness just near the cluster. It looked a bit greener than other globulars to my eyes.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
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: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Jul 3 22:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1257
Antares appeared just as how Mars appears when it is far from earth. I'll try to split the double with the help of #80A Blue filter when I get it(If its possible to split with my scope).
NGC6388 (Globular Cluster, in Scorpius)
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 05:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1275
Round, bright, unresolved, very symmetrical, appears like a globular out of focus, core quite concentrated
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1240
There was a huge improvement over the appearence of this galactic cluster than my 2 inch refractor. There were many number of faint stars over the size of the full moon.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:29:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1239
There was a slight improvement over the cluster's appearence than my 2 inch refractor with a few fainter stars scatered all around the bright cluster.
NGC6231 (Bright Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 6-inch other Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 30 23:25:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1241
This is really an excellent sight through any instrument of any size. It looked some what beautiful with zeta sco and a faint circlet of stars at the centre of the cluster.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
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.: 1157
M 7 - Large, composed of approximately 50 bright stars. More condensed towards the center. It is visible with the naked eye.
NGC6383 (Bright Nebula, in Scorpius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1108
NGC 6383 is composed of 15 bright stars, of which a very bright one in the est.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/deep_sky_astronomy)
Instrument: 114-mm Dobsonian reflector Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 10 03:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1104
M 6 is a fairly difficult object due to its southern declination, but it can be easily seen if you have a clear southern horizon. It is composed of approximately ten bright stars disposed in the form of a rectangle, and other 40 stars of medium brightness.
M6 (Butterfly Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1212
i found this open cluster northeast of the open cluster M7.though smaller than M7,its really a showpiece but could'nt make out it's butterfly shape.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Apr 20 05:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1211
i accidentaly found this cluster when i was exploring the stars of the bright milky way present in scorpius and sagittarius.i was totally amazed and thrilled by this beautiful open cluster.even now whenever i go for skywatching with the scorpion high above in the southern sky, the first object i look at is this large cluster.
M7 (Open Cluster, in Scorpius)
Observer: Chris Slee (e-mail: sleech@ozemail.com.au)
Instrument: binoculars Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Jul 15 11:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 834
Even though the seeing was poor (mainly due to the full moon), M7 was quite spectacular. I had to use averted vision to see anything other than a faint blob but, when using this technique, it jumped right off the background sky at me. Very impressive.
Alpha Sco (Antares) (Multiple Star, in Scorpius)
Observer: John A. Grant, Jr. (e-mail: jgrant@prcc.edu)
Instrument: 150-mm other Location: Poplarville, Mississippi, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 11 22:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 673
The companion to Antares has been observed several times by me and others in my 150 mm f/12 Maksutov/Cassegrain telescope using a blue filter. We have repeatedly failed to see it in a 14 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain. (Actually we first saw it three years ago with the 150 mm scope through an overcast with Antares invisible to the naked eye.) On this recent evening the companion was readily visible to both my wife and me through the blue filter (150 mm scope) so I tried it with no filter at all. It was easy to see at higher powers (above 200) but not seen at about 144 X. It does look somewhat greenish as described in Burnham, but I think something closer to blue is more accurately descriptive.
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