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Moon (Moon, est. mag -5, est. to be in Serpens)
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: Sat Mar 3 23:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1628
This Evening my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Joe Cseh, Steve Borer and I oberved the total lunar eclipse after the clouds cleared away. The eclipse was already in totality when we first observed it. With the naked eye, the color of the moon looked to be rather gray. Because of this, I rated it on the Danjon scale as L=1.4. In my 10X50 binoculars, the moon had a ruddy color to it with the left part of the moon being white . As the moon went into the partial phase, we noticed the earth's shadow was more curved than during other lunar eclipses.
M16 (Eagle Nebula) (Open Cluster, in Serpens)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 17 05:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1543
Got my first really good night of observing in a long long while. No clouds, little turbulence and mostly dark. I tried for "nebula row" in Sagittarius. Using the very top star that forms the "Tea Kettle" I decided to try on the most northern nebula in the area, M16. Using a 25mm eyepiece and an Orion UHC (nebula) filter I spotted it about 12 NNW of Kaus Borealis. It was readily apparent as a hazy "checkmark" shaped cloud, despite heavier light pollution to the southern hemisphere. It appeared about a quarter as bright as Orion's M42. Viewed at 30x with the eyepiece and filter and then at 71x with the binoviewer and filter. I used the "blinking" technique also to see how useful the UHC filter was. By unthreading it and holding it to my eye, I moved it in and out of view in front of the eyepiece. The difference is considerable and I am not sure I would have found it as deep as I did in the southern sky wihout the filter. The nebula is listed at 6.0 magnitude.
M5 (Globular Cluster, in Serpens)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Mon May 29 05:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1534
While viewing Jupiter I located M5. Viewing at 71x, it appeared as a round haze. I did not have enough aperature to resolve into individual stars though.
NGC6633 (Open Cluster, in Serpens)
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.: 1153
NGC 6633 - A very beautiful cluster, elongated shape, almost 70 stars visible
M5 (Globular Cluster, in Serpens)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 20-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 17 04:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 621
M 5 globular showed very well. I notced two groups of stars that trailed away from M 5 on either side of it. It looked like some sort of disturbance affected M 5.
NGC6118 (Galaxy, in Serpens, Est. RaDec 16h21.8m, -02d17')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.msd.org/obs.htm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Jul 26 02:45:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 373
I was finally able to log NGC 6118, the so-called Blinking Galaxy, from the dark skies of the 1998 Stellafane ATM Convention at Breezy Hill outside of Springfield, Vermont. Using averted vision and noted amateur astronomer and author Phil Harrington's 8" f/7 Newtonian and a 22mm Panoptic and 17mm Ploessl I noted an extremely dim, elongated, amorphous form. This was a classic example of just what is possible from a dark site. I have been unable to see this large, somewhat inclined 11.5 magnitude spiral galaxy with 17 and 20" classical Cassegrains from south central Pennsylvania. There is no substitute for dark skies! Unfortunately, I never got around to viewing NGC 6118 through any of the much larger reflectors present such as 18 and 25" Obsessions and John Vogt's 32" f/4.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 10-11, est. to be in Serpens)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Apr 29 02:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 328
Several friends and I were able to observe the newly discovered comet C/1998 H1 (Stonehouse). Comet Stonehouse appeared as a dim and diffuse fuzzball as it rose in the eastern sky.
M16 (Eagle Nebula) (Open Cluster, in Serpens, Est. RaDec 18h 19m, -13.47)
Observer: Alan Shaffer (e-mail: milkyway@gte.net, web: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3693/)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Mt. Pinos, California, US
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Jun 7 10:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 145
The Eagle Nebula. Observed for only a short time, but was very beautiful. For some reason, I could not find it easily. A friend finally found it in the 25 and was blown away. Nebulas filter use is unknown. At medium power, the nebula is a strange shape. Was able to easily see the dark dust lane in the central region. A beautiful object.
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