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Observations of objects of type "Open Cluster":

M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
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.: 1155

M 45 (Pleiades cluster) - A large number of stars visible in the eyepiece. Best seen with the finder scope.

M18 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1154

M 18 - Small and dense. 10 stars visible, surrounded by nebulosity.

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

M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
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.: 1152

M 41 - A beautiful cluster composed of bright stars. You can find it easily, just four degrees below Sirius.

M24 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1151

M 24 - A chunk of the Milky Way, easily observable with the naked eye

M52 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia)
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.: 1150

M 52 - Difficult, small and faint. It has a round shape.

M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
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.: 1149

A beautiful cluster composed of approximately 40 stars. Large and scattered.

NGC1647 (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
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.: 1148

- Faint, 25 stars scattered in the field.

NGC6823 (Open Cluster, in Vulpecula)
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.: 1110

NGC 6823 is another cluster in Vulpecula, small and dense. It is completely resolved, I counted 10 stars.

M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
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.: 1109

M 29 is a beautiful cluster in Cygnus, placed in a star rich area of the Milky Way. Using 36x I could see eight stars easily discernible from the background. In the finder scope it appears as a small diffuse patch.

M52 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia)
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.: 1107

M 52 is a small cluster, with a shape similar to that of a bean. East of the cluster, Ive found a bright star that contrasts with the other faint stars of which the cluster is composed. M 52 is extremely dense, composed of over 50 easily seen stars.

NGC7686 (Open Cluster, in Andromeda)
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.: 1106

NGC 7686 is composed of 10 bright stars, the other stars of the cluster are pretty faint. At a magnification of 53x I observed faint traces of nebulosity (the unresolved stars of the cluster). NGC 7686 is easily discernible from the background.

NGC6716 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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.: 1105

NGC 6716 is an interesting cluster, composed of 15 stars of medium brightness, which form a pattern similar to that of the letter U. The cluster is not completely resolved, with averted vision I have seen traces of granulation in the background.

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.

NGC7160 (Open Cluster, in Cepheus)
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.: 1094

NGC 7160 is a small cluster in Cepheus, composed of 10 faint stars that surround a brighter one. In the south I've noticed two bright stars.

NGC1857 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
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.: 1093

NGC 1857 is a large, dense cluster in Auriga. It's mostly composed of 7th mag. stars.

NGC884 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
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.: 1067

Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. The Double Cluster also was very obvious and the amount of stars in the FOV is always overwhelming to me. Last week while using the 6" reflector the number of starts was quadrupled. Definetly one of my favorite clusters.

M34 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
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.: 1066

Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. The Cluster was very obvious and the amount of stars in the FOV is always overwhelming to me. Even though the FOV in my telescope at my lowest power (30x) is about half of what it is in the binos, the number of stars is 4 times as much. I am certain this is one of my favorite clusters due to the high population of stars.

M29 (Open Cluster, in Cygnus)
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.: 1064

Decided to use my Celestron 15x70 Skymaster Binos due to having company over and did not have the 6" reflector cooled down. M29 was conspicuous in Cygnus but I always am drawn to the populated star field rather than M29 itself. It was however readily available for easy gazing in the 70mm binos. I tried for M57 but missed it. It was right at the zenith point at the time of me going to bed. This morning at 0600 EST when I awoke, Venus and M42 were out but I did not have a chance before getting ready for work. Perhaps tomorrow.

M24 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius)
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: Sun Aug 15 20:35:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1197

huge group of stars on the bright milky way of sagittarius appeared wonderful through my telescope.

M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 11 23:30:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1214

it appeared as an unresolved irregular globular cluster against the background of the milky way. if i had not read earlier that it would appear as an uncondensed globular through telescopes smaller than 8 inch(200 mm),i would have really mistaken it for a globular cluster.its really a unique sight through my telescope.it did appear as a wild duck's 'beak' but not like a wild duck as a whole!

NGC7160 (Open Cluster, in Cepheus)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 17 23:03:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1045

A small poor open cluster in Cepheus.Doesn't stand out well from the starry background.Needed Uranometria charts to verify the identification.Easy at 46x.

NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 16 19:20:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1039

A rich and very ancient open cluster in Lyra.Visible like a faint nebula at 28x(32mm erfle).

M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm equatorial reflector   Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jun 25 20:35:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1195

this open cluster is one of the most beautiful deep sky objects i have seen.it appears in a small area overflowing with faint stars.

NGC6791 (Open Cluster, in Lyra)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 19 22:30:00 2004 UT   Obs. no.: 1026

Large and faint open cluster in Lyra.Looked like a faint nebula at 45x(20mm plossl).Its a VERY old open cluster.Older than NGC188 in Cepheus.Its an overlooked object, in the shadow of M57 and M56,the two well known Lyra higlights...Discovered during the 19th century by the famous comet observer Winnecke.

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