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M37 (Open Cluster, in Auriga, Est. RaDec 05h52m +33)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jan 11 19:40:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 574
At x80 this superb, rich cluster filled the view and in my opinion is the best of the Messier clusters in Auriga. A prominant orangey coloured star lies at the heart of this great cluster.
NGC7789 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia, Est. RaDec 23h57m +56)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 30 21:30:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 582
Very rich cluster that could not be fully resolved. As a result, the cluster displayed a faint glow on which many stars were embedded, making for a superb sight. The background glow seemed to resemble a man holding his arms up!
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.
NGC4755 (Open Cluster, in Crux)
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 18:06:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Beautiful & colorful, not as beautiful as in bluish sky
M41 (Open Cluster, in Canis Major)
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 17:58:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Large group, few orange stars in the middle, bright OC
M35 (Open Cluster, in Gemini)
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 17:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Quite large group
M38 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 16:00:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Stars near the core seem to have same magnitude
M37 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 16:00:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Very beautiful & large, nearly filled 26mm EP F/10 78X, not quite nice in 40mm F/6.3 32X, 1 star particularly brighter in the core.
M36 (Open Cluster, in Auriga)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 16:00:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Smaller & brighter than M38
M34 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: Serge (e-mail: astroguy@onaustralia.com.au)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 21 15:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 540
Frame nicely in 26mm F/6.3 49X, rich and bright.
NGC7243 (Open Cluster, in Lacerta, Est. RaDec 22h15m +50)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 29 00:23:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 593
Suprisngly good open cluster in the Lizard and is better than many of the more famous Cass. clusters. With my binos some stars could be resolved with averted vision and the whole cluster seemed 'L' shaped. According to the Cambridge star atlas, this cluster only contains 40 stars so perhaps it is telescopically a poor cluster. Worth a look with some binos though!
NGC7789 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Sep 21 00:05:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 584
A soft rounded glow of light that seemed very ghostly in the rich starfields of the queen. It is easy to find and well worth a look but it's soft light may not be able to cope with severe light pollution.
NGC7789 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Sep 13 23:45:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 583
This cluster is superbly rich and fills the field at medium power. This has to be one of my favourite objects as countless stars are splashed over the entire view.
M44 (Praesepe) (Open Cluster, in Cancer)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 90-mm refractor Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jan 15 03:30:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 436
Tonight, the sky was jet black. I had some concerns on dew setting in on my binos and scope. I got my obs. before this became an issue. I observed M44 and it was awesome. I noted some 100+ stars in the field. Cancer is certainly one of the more obscure constellations, given the low magnitude stars that that make up this naked eye asterism. It is a fine open cluster.
NGC1931 (Open Cluster, in Auriga, Est. RaDec 05h31.4m, +34d15')
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: Mon Dec 7 01:40:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 429
While observing some of the open clusters in Auriga I turned my attention to the emission/reflection nebula (and presumably open cluster) NGC 1931, an object that I had not observed for a number of years. This small (approximately 3' by 3') diffuse nebula surrounds the ninth magnitude triple star ADS 4112 (page 97 Uranometria I). This is one nebula that stands up to light pollution fairly well. I used magnifications of 118, 202, and 259x while observing this DSO. There is an excellent CCD image of NGC 1931 at http://members.home.net/rcoleman/1931.htm (.)
M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 03-inch refractor Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 25 05:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 411
The Pleiades and all the accompaning asterisms within Taurus were great. The luminosity of the "Seven Sisters" was awesome. Especially noteworthy was Eta Tauri. It outshone the other sisters by a least 1/2 magnitude (through binos). The Hyades was also beautiful. Although Taurus is most known for the Pleiades, observers who enjoy open clusters, may like the Hyades for their perfect position as the "horns of the bull!"
M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Mark Stutzman (e-mail: mark@cca.ci.coatesville.pa.us)
Instrument: 4 1/2-inch equatorial reflector Location: Gilbertsville, PA, usa
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Jul 1 03:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 354
What a wonderfull night!! A few hours after some powerfull thunderstorms blew through the sky cleared up and provided some of the best views this year for me so far on clusters like the wild duck cluster and all the other clusters and nebula visible in this region of the sky. All the messier objects I observed are to numerous to name here but lets say that not a stone was left unturned.
M23 (Open Cluster, in Sagittarius, Est. RaDec 18.0h -19d)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 3-inch refractor Location: Marianna, Florida, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jul 1 02:25:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 356
Sighted M23 first with 10x50 binos. Appeared to reveal 75 to 100 stars packed rather tightly, though not along the lines of Praesepe (Beehive) Also used 3 inch equatorial refractor to increase resolution. Seeing fell off after 25 minutes. Tracked into smoke or cloud cover.
M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Rob Teeter (e-mail: webuser@thecore.com, web: http://www.thecore.com/~webuser/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Howell, NJ, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jun 30 16:35:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 358
Started out at with a 40 Plossl to locate the Wild Duck Cluster. Once it slid into the field of view, it was apparent that 31x was not enough for this object. At 31x it was a fuzzy patch of light, with a bright central, yellow, star. I then placed in my 25mm Ortho and was amazed at the clarity of the given image! I had given up on the Ortho because of it's name, Ortho, but I now see that it is quite a sharp and contrasty ocular. At 49x the cluster was fully resolved and showed a 3D effect because of the bright, yellow, star off center. I then stepped down to a 20 Plossl, 12 Plossl and finally a 7 Nagler. All showed outstanding images! Tack-sharp stars and a dark background. Although, this time around, I could not make out the Wild Duck shape to the cluster.
M11 (Wild Duck Cluster) (Open Cluster, in Scutum)
Observer: Harold Williams (e-mail: clouseau@webtv.net)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jun 20 16:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 351
This observation was made at the Mason/Dixon Star Party just south of York, Pennsylvania. It was a very humid night. While it was very soupy, the sky was fairly stable. This observation was made with a friends 18" Starmaster. While this was a very beautiful group of stars, I wasn't able to see the Wild Duck shape. That was just me. Many others could. I've seen most of the Messier clusters but this one immediately became my favorite.
M44 (Praesepe) (Open Cluster, in Cancer)
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: good
Time: Sat Apr 18 07:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 326
After losing my way in the treacherous reefs of the Virgo Cluster (and stetching my neck uncomfortably to reach the eyepiece with the telescope pointing near the zenith; I've got to get a proper observing chair, or at least a taller stool for those times), I looked about 45 degrees up in the West and saw the glow of Praesepe, like the loom of a lighthouse that leads to a safe harbor at journey's end. I swung the telescope down to it, and enjoyed the familiar beauty of the cluster's many sparkling doubles and triples.
NGC2567 (Open Cluster, in Puppis, Est. RaDec 08h19m,-30d38m )
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Feb 1 07:10:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 302
This attractive open cluster shines at magnitude 8.3 and is moderately rich. I observed NGC 2567 at 118x.
NGC2571 (Open Cluster, in Puppis, Est. RaDec 08h19m,-29d44')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Feb 1 07:07:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 301
NGC 2571 is an open cluster of magnitude 7.5. This irregular stellar group is composed of over 20 stars and was observed at 118x.
NGC133 (Open Cluster, in Cassiopeia)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jan 29 02:07:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 299
Despite patchy high clouds I was able to locate NGC 133, a ninth magnitude open cluster consisting of a mix of bright and dim stars. At 118x the overall shape of the cluster resembled a curving V. I also observed another nearby open cluster, NGC 146, along with NGC 7789, M41, M42, M43, Sigma Orionis, Struve 761, Beta Monocerotis, W Orionis, Rigel, M103, and M52.
NGC2395 (Open Cluster, in Gemini, Est. RaDec 07h27m,+13d35')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jan 21 01:52:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 297
NGC 2395 is a somewhat rich, moderately large (12') Herschel 400 open cluster containing a mix of bright and dim stars. I observed this 9.4 magnitude celestial object at 118 and 202x.
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